Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2002, 3:31 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2002, 3:31 PM MDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2002, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County De Baca County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:47 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Ft Sumner, NM | |
| Jun 20, 4:00 PM MDT | Hail 1.25 | Ft Sumner, NM | |
| Jun 20, 4:00 PM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Ft Sumner, NM | |
| Jun 20, 4:30 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Ft Sumner, 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.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS55 KABQ 202131
SVRABQ
NMC011-202230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
331 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 324 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF FORT SUMNER...MOVING NORTH AT
15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
OVER FORT SUMNER AT 355 PM MDT
6 MILES EAST OF SUMNER LAKE AT 430 PM 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 3416 10429 3432 10404 3474 10417 3468 10441
3456 10446What 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, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 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, 1 hour 25 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
JLPLocal storm report, Jun 20, 2:36 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
236 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0214 PM TAIBAN NM .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/02 DEBACA REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0235 PM HOLMAN NM .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/02 MORA REPORTED BY PUBLIC
JLPLocal storm report, Jun 20, 2:42 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
242 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0240 PM 6 S FORT SUMNER NM 1.50 INCH HAIL
06/20/02 DEBACA REPORTED BY PUBLIC
JLPLocal storm report, Jun 20, 2:49 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
249 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM 7 SE FORT SUMNER NM 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/20/02 DEBACA REPORTED BY PUBLIC
JLPLocal storm report, Jun 20, 3:15 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
315 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0250 PM CUERVO NM .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/02 GUADALUPE REPORTED BY PUBLIC
JLPLocal storm report, Jun 20, 3:24 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
324 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0317 PM OJO FELIZ NM .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/02 MORA REPORTED BY PUBLICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 1:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 3:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.