Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2002, 1:54 AM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 13, 2002, 1:54 AM MDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2002, 2:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Quay County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2:02 AM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Nara Visa, 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KABQ 130754 TORABQ NMC037-130830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 154 AM MDT SAT APR 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 230 AM MDT * AT 152 AM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO APPROACHIG NARA VISA...OR ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF NARA VISA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... OVER NARA VISA AT 200 AM MDT TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER PLEASE CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE. LAT...LON 3572 10327 3554 10328 3552 10303 3573 10302
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 12, 11:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 10 min |
| Apr 13, 1:04 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 26 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.