Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 13, 2002, 3:46 PM MDT (21:46 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2002, 4:30 PM MDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Colfax County, NM, Union 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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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
344 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  WEST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 337 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARLEY...OR ABOUT 24     
  MILES EAST OF SPRINGER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ABBOTT AND GLADSTONE

LAT...LON 3651 10435 3623 10434 3623 10387 3623 10382
          3652 10383

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 3:25 PM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
325 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2002

TYPICAL JUNE PATTERN ACROSS AREA WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE TSTMS
THRU AT LEAST MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS...DRY AND GENERALLY STABLE
ACROSS THE WEST. APPEARS SFC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN PARTS
OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE EAST SLOPES OF
THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS. STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT EXISTS ALONG
AND NORTH OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WHICH MAY HELP TO ORGANIZE
CONVECTION DURING THE NIGHT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE ECNTL PLAINS WHERE
HIGHER DEW POINTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING
ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BY MIDNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADIENTS TEND MORE S-SELY DURING THE
AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE A NOTCH LESS ACTIVE ON SATURDAY BUT CAN/T RULE
OUT CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND EAST. ACROSS THE WEST...ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD
SEE AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IT WILL BE SHALLOW AND OVERALL
AIR MASS TO REMAIN RELATIVELY STABLE SO WILL HEDGE TOWARD SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR NOW.  LEE TROUGHING RETURNS SATURDAY...AND THEN LOOKS
LIKE ANOTHER FRONTAL PASSGE LATE SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.  OTHERWISE
UPPER RIDGE TO BREAK DOWN BEGINNING SUNDAY WITH A GENERALLY DRY
WEATHER PATTERN TAKING SHAPE FOR THE PERIOD TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.  KJ

ABQ BB 068/091 064/094 065 41-11
SAF BB 052/086 055/089 057 41-11
TCC BB 061/082 063/089 063 41412

.ABQ...SEVERE TSTM WATCH TILL 900 PM MDT FOR MUCH OF THE EAST.

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.