Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2002, 3:46 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 4, 2002, 3:46 PM MDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:25 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Newkirk, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 4073 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
751 WFUS55 KABQ 042146 TORABQ NMC019-037-047-042215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 346 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WEST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 415 PM MDT * AT 343 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF MONTOYA...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF TUCUMCARI...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI AT 415 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. 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 3534 10422 3508 10420 3510 10370 3537 10371
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, 3:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.