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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 27, 2002Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2002, 2:22 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 23 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: May 27, 2002, 2:22 PM MDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2002, 2:45 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, NM

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 2:43 PM MDT	Hail 1.25	Amistad, 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 1308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 272022
TORABQ
NMC059-272045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
221 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 217 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
   POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMISTAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST  
   AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER RURAL SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY AND OVER STATE ROAD 402 

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 3601 10303 3591 10335 3575 10335 3575 10303

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 1:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	41 min
May 27, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	45 min
May 27, 2:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	45 min
May 27, 2:46 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Union	24 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.