Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 424
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 13, 2002, 3:30 PM MDT for 10 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2002, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2002, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 48 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS20 KWNS 132119 SEL4 SPC WW 132114 NMZ000-140300- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 424 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 314 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL 900 PM MDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANNON AFB CLOVIS NEW MEXICO TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF RATON NEW MEXICO. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 423... DISCUSSION...UPSLOPE UNSTABLE FLOW NERN NM WITH FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR IN PLACE AS MDT NWLY FLOW ALOFT IS ACROSS AREA. STORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY ALONG HIGHER TERRAIN AND PROPAGATE SEWD INTO HIGH PLAINS. PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL GIVEN STEEP LAPSE RATES. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 32025. ...HALES 370,1030 333,1031 333,1050 370,1050
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lea | 5 hr |
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.