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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 20, 2002Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2002, 2:17 PM MDT for Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 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 20, 2002, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2002, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Santa Fe 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 20, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2002-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2002-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 202017
SVRABQ
NMC049-202100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
216 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 213 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LOS CERRILLOS...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SANTA FE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALLISTEO AT 235 PM MDT
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA CIENEGA AT 250 PM MDT
  6 MILES WEST OF LAMY AT 300 PM MDT

AT 202 PM .75 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC AT CERRILLOS.

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

LAT...LON 3547 10622 3515 10618 3548 10581 3565 10606

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 20, 2:00 PM MDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:00 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
200 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

PWS ON THE INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF NM AND CONVECTION (WITH SEVERE
POTENTIAL) UNDERWAY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN...ADJACENT HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PLAINS. MOISTURE TAP OBVIOUS
ON WV IMAGERY...AS AN UPPER LOW PUSHES INTO CENTRAL CA AND THE RIDGE
AXIS OVERHEAD BREAKS DOWN A BIT. SE LOW LEVEL FLOW TO WORK FURTHER
WEST OVERNIGHT WITH THE AIDE OF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS. EAST GAP WINDS
EXPECTED TONIGHT AS A RESULT ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. AM
EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUND OF DAYTIME HEATING TRIGGERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW...FROM THE DIVIDE EASTWARD WHERE DEWPOINT
TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 50S TO MID 60S AND PWS WILL BE 0.65 OR GREATER.
BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER THE NEXT 36-48H WILL BE ALONG THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE SANGRES AND OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS.

THE PREMENTIONED UPPER LOW WILL OPEN UP AND LIFT OUT TO THE ENE OVER
THE NEXT 48H...BRINGING SOME DRIER AIR ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NM.
THE EASTERN HALF WILL RETAIN A SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW AND AMPLE
MOISTURE TO SET OFF ANOTHER ROUND ON SATURDAY. AN UPPER HIGH IS
FORECAST TO BUILD OVER NORTHERN MEXICO ON SATURDAY AND THEN EXPAND
INTO AZ/NM/CO/UT FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WILL KEEP POPS OUT OF
THE FORECAST FOR THIS TIME PERIOD THANKS TO THIS HIGH PUTTING A LID
ON THINGS. TEMPS SHOULD BE ABOVE NORMAL DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AS
WELL. A QUICK LOOK AT THE LATEST MRF/ECMWF SHOWS THIS BIG OL HIGH
HANGING AROUND THROUGH THURSDAY. WILL GO ALONG WITH THIS SOLUTION FOR
NOW. CA

ABQ BU 066/093 065/094 064 50122
SAF BU 054/090 054/091 052 50233
TCC BB 068/097 068/097 067 50322

.ABQ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 448 THROUGH 800 PM....

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:06 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
206 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

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

0202 PM    CERRILLOS                 NM   .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/02   SANTA FE                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC

JLP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 1:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance37 min
Jun 20, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe48 min
Jun 20, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca24 min
Jun 20, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora45 min
Jun 20, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca45 min
Jun 20, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe28 min
Jun 20, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora45 min
Jun 20, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca59 min
Jun 20, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe26 min
Jun 20, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel38 min
Jun 20, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax54 min
Jun 20, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax66 min
Jun 20, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe42 min
Jun 20, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding43 min
Jun 20, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca64 min
Jun 20, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora34 min
Jun 20, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln51 min
Jun 20, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe63 min
Jun 20, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves65 min
Jun 20, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding26 min
Jun 20, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2002Every 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.