Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 4, 2002, 5:02 PM MDT (23:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2002, 6:00 PM MDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS55 KABQ 042302
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NMC019-021-037-047-050000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WEST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTH CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF MONTOYA TO 14
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWKIRK...OR FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  TUCUMCARI TO 29 MILES NORTH OF FORT SUMNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER RURAL SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY 
  OVER RURAL WESTERN QUAY COUNTY 
  OVER RURAL EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY 
  OVER RURAL SOUTHERN HARDING COUNTY 

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 IS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH CAN
CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER NOW.

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

LAT...LON 3529 10421 3514 10433 3481 10420 3516 10376
          3564 10370

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 3:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
312 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2002

SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES OVER THE EAST WITH A SVR TSTM WATCH OUT FOR
MUCH OF THE EAST UNTIL 10 PM.

BUSY AFTERNOON AND EVENING EXPECTED AS MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS INCREASE
ACROSS THE CWA. COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH AND WEST AND SHOULD
ACCELERATE THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION PEAKS. CATEGORICAL POPS STILL
LOOK GOOD FOR THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AS UPSLOPE MAXES OUT.

SEVERAL SHORT WAVES/DISTURBANCES ROTATING THROUGH THE UPPER TROUGH TO
OUR SOUTHWEST NEXT 24-36 HOURS WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASING AND
SPREADING TO THE WESTERN BORDER. THIS WILL GIVE THE BEST CHANCE OF
WETTING RAIN TO MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CWA...ESPECIALLY THE
NE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. (GOOD FOR FIRE FIGHTERS). THEN AN UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE TOP OF THE TROUGH WITH A DEFORMATION ZONE
SETTING UP OVER THE STATE THURSDAY AS THE TROUGH GETS SHEARED. LOW
LEVEL BEGINS TO DRY OUT WITH TEMPERATURES INCREASING. POPS WILL BE
LOWERING DRAMATICALLY AND WILL KEEP THEM MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT HIGHLANDS. DRY LIGHTNING MIGHT BE THE MAIN HAZARD (BAD FOR
FIRE FIGHTERS). THE DEFORMATION ZONE IS INDICATED TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME WILL KEEP ISOLATED POPS OVER THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND WILL LOOK AT THIS MORE CAREFULLY TOMORROW. 12Z
AVN SHOWS ANOTHER MAJOR TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES
BY SUNDAY SHIFTING EAST ON MONDAY. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER
THE NORTHERN HALF WITH ISOLATED T-STORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

ABQ EB 059/079 057/085 059 49433
SAF EB 049/073 046/083 046 49433
TCC EB 053/070 053/084 053 49542

.ABQ...NONE.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
500 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    7 NE NEWKIRK              NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   GUADALUPE

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

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.