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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 12, 2002Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2002, 11:50 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 10 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: Apr 12, 2002, 11:50 PM MDT (05:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2002, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Quay 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 12, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 880 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -51 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 130550
SVRABQ
NMC037-130600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1150 PM MDT FRI APR 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT

* AT 1146 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF NARA VISA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH CAN
CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER NOW.

LAT...LON 3546 10314 3536 10314 3527 10303 3545 10303

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 Apr 12, 11:35 PM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 11:35 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1035 PM MST FRI APR 12 2002

UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE MENTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.ABQ...NONE

MARTIN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 6:19 PM MDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
619 PM MDT FRI APR 12 2002

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

0555 PM    5N MILLS                  NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/12/02   HARDING                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

CA

Local storm report, Apr 12, 10:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
1006 PM MDT FRI APR 12 2002

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

0700 PM    2 SW ABBOTT               NM   .88 INCH HAIL
04/12/02   COLFAX                         DIME TO NICKEL SIZE. HAIL
                                          COVERED THE GROUND.
                                          REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVERS

0820 PM    BUEYEROS                  NM   .75 INCH HAIL
04/12/02   HARDING                        DIME SIZE HAIL COVERED THE
                                          GROUND. REPORTED BY CO-OP
                                          OBSERVERS

0600 PM    MILLS                     NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/12/02   HARDING                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 10:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

NMZ005>007-013-130645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1049 PM MDT FRI APR 12 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 87 FOR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
   NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 6 COUNTIES...COLFAX...HARDING...MORA...
QUAY...SAN MIGUEL...AND UNION.

THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED EAST INTO THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 87 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS CAN
STILL PRODUCE...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND BRIEF STRONG WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SITUATION.

MARTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 6:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	28 min
Apr 12, 6:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	44 min
Apr 12, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	52 min
Apr 12, 6:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	57 min
Apr 12, 7:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	30 min
Apr 12, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	43 min
Apr 12, 8:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Union	24 min
Apr 12, 9:03 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Quay	27 min
Apr 12, 10:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	47 min
Apr 13, 1:04 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	26 min
Apr 13, 1:54 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Quay	36 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.