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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 25, 2003Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2003, 3:48 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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
May 25, 2003, 3:48 PM MDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2003, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bernalillo County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 2003-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 259 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 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 252148
SVRABQ
NMC001-252230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
346 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 343 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN BERNALILLO
  COUNTY...OR FROM 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAGUNA PUEBLO TO 15 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF LOS LUNAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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 3508 10710 3490 10700 3491 10677 3521 10683
          3522 10714

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 12:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance40 min
May 25, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves57 min
May 25, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe, Torrance39 min
May 25, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQValencia43 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.