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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 3, 2003San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2003, 6:16 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 14 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 3, 2003, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2003, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Miguel County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 919 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 6.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 040016
TORABQ
NMC047-040030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
616 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 614 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF MOSQUERO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER RURAL EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY 

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3578 10396 3569 10411 3552 10403 3555 10381

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 6:31 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	29 min
Jun 3, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	52 min
Jun 4, 1:42 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	48 min
Jun 4, 1:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	40 min
Jun 4, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	29 min
Jun 4, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	51 min
Jun 4, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	60 min
Jun 4, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	30 min
Jun 4, 3:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	43 min
Jun 4, 4:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	52 min
Jun 4, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	53 min
Jun 4, 5:07 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Quay	53 min
Jun 4, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	38 min
Jun 4, 5:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	50 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	63 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.