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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 22, 2003De Baca County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2003, 11:14 PM MDT for De Baca County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 22, 2003, 11:14 PM MDT (05:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2003, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties De Baca County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-23Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
4235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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.

904 
WUUS55 KABQ 230514
SVRABQ
NMC011-041-230600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1114 PM MDT TUE APR 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT

* AT 1110 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAIBAN...OR ABOUT 22
  MILES SOUTH OF FORT SUMNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF TAIBAN...7 MILES SOUTH OF TOLAR AT MIDNIGHT MDT

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3417 10434 3404 10419 3435 10376 3452 10397

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 11:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt46 min
Apr 23, 12:46 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay44 min
Apr 23, 1:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay42 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.