Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 12, 2002, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2002, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Curry County, NM

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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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NMC009-122145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
259 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 255 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RANCHVALE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CLOVIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER RURAL CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY

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

LAT...LON 3453 10346 3431 10349 3432 10304 3474 10303

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 3:00 PM MDT, 0 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
300 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2002

TOO WARM ALOFT IN THE WEST FOR THUNDER THIS AFTN OR EVENING. QUITE A
BIT OF TOWERING CU WITH ISOLD LIGHTNING IN SE PART OF CWA. WITH THAT
...WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE IN SE THIS EVENING. ONE OF THE MODELS
SHOWED A SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH TONIGHT. THAT IN COMBO
WITH BACKDOOR FRONT...WILL BRING CHC POPS TO NE AND EAST SLOPES OF
SANGRES ALL NIGHT.

EXPECTING SUBSTANTIAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE NE TOMMORW.
ENOUGH SHEAR TO SUPPORT AT LEAST SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. BOTH
ETA AND AVN SHOWING AXIS OF INSTABILITY SHIFTING WESTWARD THURSDAY
NIGHT. THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA AND WENT WITH IT. STRONG EAST WINDS
INTO ABQ AND CRZ AS WELL.

CONVECTION CHANCES LOOK DECENT FROM THE DIVIDE TO THE CENTRAL MTNS
FRIDAY. MAY BE TO COOL AT THE SURFACE FOR MUCH ACTIVITY IN THE EAST.
HOWEVER WITH NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUING OVER THE EAST AND MODELS
STILL SHOWING SUBSTANTIAL INSTABILITY...WENT WITH CHC POPS IN THE
EAST FRIDAY.

SATURDAY STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR THE EAST WITH NORTHWEST FLOW.
WILL HAVE TO BE ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE LEFT OVER THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS TO GET CONVECTION STARTED THERE. THEN STORMS COULD MOVE
OFF INTO PLAINS. ANOTHER BACKDOOR FRONT MOVING INTO THE EAST
SUNDAY...PUSHING SOUTH AND THEN WEST SUNDAY NIGHT. BROUGHT CHANCES
OF CONVECTION BACK TO THE WEST FOR MONDAY DUE TO POSSIBLE MOISTURE
INTRUSION. LEFT MENTION OF TSTMS OUT OF FCST FOR WEDN AS I HAVE A
HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THE NEXT TROF WILL DROP AS FAR SOUTH AS MRF
IS SHOWING. JWS

ABQ UB 061/094 064/085 061 46002
SAF UB 054/088 052/080 052 46012
TCC EB 067/083 058/079 060 46234

.ABQ...NONE.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.