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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 5, 2003Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2003, 5:27 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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 5, 2003, 5:27 PM MDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2003, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-05Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 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 
WFUS55 KABQ 052327
TORABQ
NMC009-037-060015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
527 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 525 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER WHEATLAND...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  TUCUMCARI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRADY AT 535 PM MDT
  OVER BROADVIEW AT 540 PM MDT
  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLVIEW AT 550 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.

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 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3516 10332 3482 10363 3463 10336 3464 10306
          3492 10304
$$

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, 8:46 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt29 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, 5:46 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.