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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 16, 2002Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2002, 8:39 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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 16, 2002, 8:39 PM MDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2002, 9:45 PM MDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Curry County, NM

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 16, 8:45 PM MDT	Hail 1	Melrose, NM
Jun 16, 8:46 PM MDT	Hail 0.88	Melrose, NM
Jun 16, 8:50 PM MDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Melrose, NM
Jun 16, 9:00 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Melrose, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 170239
TORABQ
NMC009-170345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
839 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 828 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED V 
  A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MELROSE...OR ABOUT 28      
  MILES WEST OF CLOVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR MELROSE AT 845 PM MDT

TAKE COVER NOW LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.

LAT...LON 3465 10351 3457 10373 3431 10372 3432 10341

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 6:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	44 min
Jun 16, 6:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	27 min
Jun 16, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	45 min
Jun 16, 6:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	52 min
Jun 16, 7:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	59 min
Jun 16, 8:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	42 min
Jun 17, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	46 min

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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.