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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 4, 2003Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2003, 8:46 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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 4, 2003, 8:46 PM MDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2003, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Roosevelt County, NM

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

190 
WFUS55 KABQ 050246
TORABQ
NMC041-050315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
845 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT

* AT 844 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER ARCH...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAUSEY AT 915 PM MDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE
INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3421 10308 3414 10332 3370 10312 3388 10286

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 6:14 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay46 min
Jun 4, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel52 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCurry60 min
Jun 4, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay45 min
Jun 4, 7:38 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt67 min
Jun 4, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay62 min
Jun 4, 8:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt54 min
Jun 4, 9:06 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt39 min
Jun 4, 9:43 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt47 min
Jun 5, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel45 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel61 min
Jun 5, 4:53 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay37 min
Jun 5, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe43 min
Jun 5, 5:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca39 min
Jun 5, 5:27 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCurry, Quay48 min
Jun 5, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe44 min

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.