Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 16, 2002, 6:53 PM MDT (00:53 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 2002, 7:45 PM MDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Quay 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 170053
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
653 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 652 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST OF MONTOYA...OR ABOUT
  17 MILES WEST OF TUCUMCARI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 14 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER RURAL WESTERN QUAY COUNTY AND WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN
  MILE MARKERS 305 AND 320.

REMAIN ALERRT FOR NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS TUCUMCARI FROM THIS 
STORM. 

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3524 10387 3513 10410 3488 10409 3504 10361

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 4:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
430 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 2002

NW FLOW REGIME ALOFT TO SEE ITS LAST GASP...FOR NOW...INTO MONDAY.
THEREAFTER EXPECT TO CONTINUE THE GENERAL TREND OF THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST INSOFAR AS MOSTLY DRY WEATHER IN THE E...AND OF COURSE DRY
WEST. WITH RIDGE SHIFTING E AND BUILDING ACROSS E NM AND W TX FROM
TUE ON SHOULD EFFECTIVELY SHUT OFF ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANCE OF
CONVECTION E. DRYLINE MAY WELL SHOW A NET SLIGHT TRANSLATION WESTWARD
ACROSS THE E PLAINS DURING THE TUE-THU PERIOD...BUT EXPECT IT TO BE
MORE DIFFUSE DUE LARGELY TO WEAK SUBSIDENCE WITH BUILDING RIDGE.
WITH THE NEVERENDING MARCH OF SHORT WAVES IN THE NW FLOW RETREATING
WELL E OF NM WITH THE BUILDING OF THE RIDGE...THAT SHOULD ALSO KEEP
ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY TO A MINIMUM. WILL WATCH WITH SOME INTEREST THE
INVERTED UPPER TROUGH OR POSSIBLY CLOSED LOW FAR NW GULF OR SE TX AND
SEE WHETHER IT MIGHT DRIFT SW THEN WESTWARD. RIGHT NOW MODELS KEEPING
IT WELL E OF NM. 43

ABQ AA 065/095 064/095 064 43000
SAF AA 055/088 053/089 054 43000
TCC BB 060/091 062/093 063 43311

.ABQ...NONE.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
638 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 2002

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

0628 PM    CONCHAS                   NM   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/02   SAN MIGUEL                     NICKEL TO DIME SIZE
                                          COVERING GROUND REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR

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.