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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 447

June 20, 200215 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 20, 2002, 1:45 PM MDT for 15 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2002, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2002, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM

Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe43 min
Jun 20, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca24 min
Jun 20, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora45 min
Jun 20, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca45 min
Jun 20, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe28 min
Jun 20, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora45 min
Jun 20, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca59 min
Jun 20, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe26 min
Jun 20, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel38 min
Jun 20, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax54 min
Jun 20, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax66 min
Jun 20, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe42 min
Jun 20, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding43 min
Jun 20, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca64 min
Jun 20, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora34 min
Jun 20, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln51 min
Jun 20, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe63 min
Jun 20, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves65 min
Jun 20, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding26 min
Jun 20, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion47 min
Jun 20, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves30 min

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2002-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2002-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 9 more6 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.