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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 15, 2002Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2002, 12:06 AM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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 15, 2002, 12:06 AM MDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2002, 12:45 AM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

Did it verify

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 150606
SVRABQ
NMC009-041-150645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1206 AM MDT SAT JUN 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT

* AT 1204 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF RANCHVALE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  WEST OF CLOVIS...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  3 MILES WEST OF CANNON AFB AT 1220 AM MDT
  3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTALES AT 1245 AM MDT

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

LAT...LON 3455 10333 3450 10353 3409 10341 3414 10313

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 3:50 PM MDT, 8 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:50 PM MDT, 8 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
350 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2002

BIG STORY THE REST OF THIS EVENING WILL BE THE STRONG STORMS AND
SEVERE WEATHER. STORMS SLOWLY DRIFTING OUT IN THE PLAINS WHICH MAKES
THEM ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. EXPECT THEM TO SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE
EAST...SOUTHEAST WITH DIMINISHING ACTIVITY BY LATE EVENING. SAME
THINGS ACROSS THE WEST AND HAVE HAD REPORTS OF HAIL THERE AS WELL.
DEWPOINTS START TO GO DOWN ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH THE WEST
REALLY DRYING OUT. NEAR BREEZY WINDS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS CWFA
ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE WEST ON SATURDAY. EVEN WITH THE LOWERING
DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE EAST...STILL CANT RULE OUT SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST BUT ALSO INCLUDING THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE SANGRES. BACKDOOR COLD FRONT ALTHOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS EXPECTED TO SWING DOWN SATURDAY NIGHT AND
PROVIDE HIGHER DEWPOINTS AGAIN. THUS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. THE COLD
FRONT WONT BE NEARLY AS STRONG AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. DRYING AND WARMING THROUGH THE REST OF THE
FORECAST. WACHTER

.ABQ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 8 PM FOR NORTHEAST..EAST
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO...

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 6:08 PM MDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
608 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2002

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

0601 PM    8 SE ROY                  NM   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02   HARDING                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

JLP

Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:38 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
838 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2002

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

0831 PM    2 S ROY                   NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/14/02   HARDING                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0833 PM    2 SE ROY                  NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/14/02   HARDING                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0833 PM    2 SE ROY                  NM   75 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/02   HARDING                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

JLP

Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:53 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
853 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2002

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

0824 PM    TUCUMCARI                 NM   76 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/02   QUAY                           REPORTED BY TUCUMCARI ASOS

0823 PM    5 S TUCUMCARI             NM   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02   QUAY                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC

JLP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 6:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	43 min
Jun 14, 7:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	58 min
Jun 14, 7:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	52 min
Jun 14, 8:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	57 min
Jun 14, 8:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	63 min
Jun 14, 8:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	46 min
Jun 14, 9:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	58 min
Jun 14, 10:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	49 min
Jun 15, 12:48 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2002 Every 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.