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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 29, 2003San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2003, 4:24 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 21 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 29, 2003, 4:24 PM MDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2003, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2003-06-29Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2003-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 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.

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 292224 CCA
SVRABQ
NMC047-292245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
419 PM MDT SUN JUN 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 415 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN...OR ABOUT 29
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HEAVY RAINS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS...DITCHES AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3537 10549 3528 10568 3506 10553 3507 10529

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel41 min
Jun 29, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax50 min
Jun 29, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay42 min
Jun 29, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel64 min
Jun 29, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel26 min
Jun 29, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe39 min
Jun 29, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax60 min
Jun 29, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel49 min
Jun 29, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Quay45 min
Jun 29, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.