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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 4, 2002Guadalupe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2002, 3:13 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 4, 2002, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Guadalupe County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

972 
WFUS55 KABQ 042113
TORABQ
NMC019-042145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
313 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 311 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER CUERVO...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  2 MILES NORTH OF NEWKIRK AT 325 PM MDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE
INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDINGS OR LIE FLAT IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD.

LAT...LON 3521 10452 3500 10452 3489 10412 3521 10412

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 12:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	42 min
Jun 4, 1:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	27 min
Jun 4, 1:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	40 min
Jun 4, 2:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	53 min
Jun 4, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	49 min
Jun 4, 2:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	56 min
Jun 4, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	66 min
Jun 4, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	54 min
Jun 4, 3:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	42 min
Jun 4, 3:46 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	29 min
Jun 4, 4:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	49 min
Jun 4, 4:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	31 min
Jun 4, 4:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	45 min
Jun 4, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel	58 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	45 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.