Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 20, 2002Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2002, 5:10 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2002, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chaves County, NM

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 20, 5:30 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Elkins, 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 267 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: 2372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -287 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 202310
SVRABQ
NMC005-210015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 503 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKINS TO
  DEXTER...OR FROM 36 MILES SOUTH OF FORT SUMNER TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF
  ROSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER DEXTER AT 515 PM MDT
  OVER HAGERMAN AT 520 PM MDT
  OVER ELKINS AT 600 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 3399 10444 3377 10452 3351 10450 3310 10452
          3309 10397 3349 10397 3374 10399 3397 10389

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, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 10 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, 3:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 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

JLP

Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 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 PUBLIC

Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
348 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

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

0347 PM    17 S FORT SUMNER          NM   .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/02   DE BACA                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

JLP

Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
400 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

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

0400 PM    17 S FORT SUMNER          NM   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/20/02   DE BACA                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

JLP

Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:26 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
426 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

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

0405 PM    2 W SPRINGER              NM   .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/02   COLFAX                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

JLP

Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:49 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
449 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

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

0415 PM    RATON                     NM   .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/02   COLFAX                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

JLP

The 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, 3:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	59 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, 5:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	26 min
Jun 20, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	47 min

Nearby

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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.