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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 4, 2002Guadalupe County, Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 2:39 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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
Jun 4, 2002, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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.

622 
WUUS55 KABQ 042039
SVRABQ
NMC019-057-042145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
238 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHWESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 232 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 29 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DILIA...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAUGHN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DILIA AT 345 PM MDT

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE 
INCH. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...TELEVISION
STATIONS OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3486 10549 3474 10535 3505 10490 3521 10510

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe42 min
Jun 4, 1:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe27 min
Jun 4, 1:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe40 min
Jun 4, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora53 min
Jun 4, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance49 min
Jun 4, 2:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel56 min
Jun 4, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry54 min
Jun 4, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel42 min
Jun 4, 3:13 PM MDTTornado WarningABQGuadalupe32 min
Jun 4, 3:46 PM MDTTornado WarningABQGuadalupe, Quay, San Miguel29 min
Jun 4, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel49 min
Jun 4, 4:14 PM MDTTornado WarningABQSan Miguel31 min
Jun 4, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel45 min
Jun 4, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel58 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay45 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.