Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 20, 2002, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 2002, 2:45 PM MDT

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County De Baca 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
220 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 213 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT SUMNER...MOVING NORTH
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES EAST OF FORT SUMNER AT 230 PM MDT

AT 214 PM MDT PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN TAIBAN.

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

LAT...LON 3435 10424 3438 10404 3459 10410 3458 10431

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 20, 2:00 PM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

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

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

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.