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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 12, 2002Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2002, 6:31 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2002, 6:31 PM MDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2002, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 880 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
880 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 130031
SVRABQ
NMC059-130115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
631 PM MDT FRI APR 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 628 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY...OR ABOUT 26
  MILES NORTH OF MOSQUERO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER RURAL SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL 
OVER HARDING COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT 
PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3619 10379 3610 10379 3609 10346 3622 10352

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding28 min
Apr 12, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax52 min
Apr 12, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding57 min
Apr 12, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union30 min
Apr 12, 8:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding43 min
Apr 12, 8:51 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion24 min
Apr 12, 9:03 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay27 min
Apr 12, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay47 min
Apr 12, 11:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay10 min
Apr 13, 1:04 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay26 min
Apr 13, 1:54 AM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.