Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Apr 12, 2002, 7:45 PM MDT (01:45 UTC)

Expired

Apr 12, 2002, 8:15 PM MDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harding 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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WUUS55 KABQ 130145
SVRABQ
NMC021-059-130215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  WEST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 744 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUEYEROS...OR ABOUT 20
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MOSQUERO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  3 MILES NORTH OF BUEYEROS AT 800 PM MDT

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

LAT...LON 3630 10393 3595 10408 3591 10357 3620 10351
          3624 10373

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 12, 4:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
330 PM MST FRI APR 12 2002

THUNDERSTORMS FINALLY STARTING TO ERUPT NE HIGHLANDS. WILL HANG ONTO
MENTION OF ISOLD SVR STORMS IN THE NE AND EASTCENTRAL BORDER
COUNTIES PER LATEST SPC OUTLOOK. OTHERWISE...MODELS DEPICT WEAK
UPPER LOW NRN OLD MEXICO/BAJA CA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW
LOOKS TO BE TOO FAR S TO HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON THE CWA...THO AVN
DEVELOPS SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE VCNTY KEPZ...WHICH COULD VERY
WELL AFFECT THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ZONES SUN/MON IF IT PANS
OUT.  ZONAL FLOW TO STRENGTHEN MONDAY AS TROUGH SWINGS INTO GRT
BASIN. WHILE THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE CENTER ALOFT STAYS MAINLY TO THE
NORTH OF NM THROUGH THE WEEK...A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE FOUR
CORNERS LATE THURS...AND SAGS INTO EASTCENTRAL AZ FRI. ALL IN
ALL...UNSETTLED EXTENDED FORECAST WITH AFTERNOON BREEZES...SPOTTY
CONVECTION WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR DRYLINE ACTION...AND A STRONGER
COLD FRONT DEPICTED FRI. LOOKS LIKE SPRINGTIME IN THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES.

ABQ BB 050/079 049/078 050 482--
SAF BB 043/074 039/076 041 482--
TCC BB 051/078 050/079 050 48322

.ABQ...NONE

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
619 PM MDT FRI APR 12 2002

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

0555 PM    5N MILLS                  NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/12/02   HARDING                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

CA

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.