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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 27, 2002Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2002, 2:46 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 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
May 27, 2002, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2002, 3:10 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1308 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 272046
TORABQ
NMC059-272110-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
245 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 310 PM MDT

* AT 240 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF AMISTAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 
  MPH.

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 3594 10303 3593 10333 3575 10330 3575 10302

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 1:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding41 min
May 27, 1:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion45 min
May 27, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion45 min
May 27, 2:22 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion23 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes 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.