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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 4, 2003Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2003, 3:57 PM MDT for Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 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, 3:57 PM MDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2003, 4:40 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 4, 11:30 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 4, 2:20 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -305 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 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.

892 
WFUS55 KABQ 042157
TORABQ
NMC021-033-042240-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 440 PM MDT

* AT 355 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF ROY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF WAGON
  MOUND...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER RURAL SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY 
  OVER RURAL WESTERN HARDING COUNTY 

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 WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3615 10426 3604 10461 3581 10452 3581 10398

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 6:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	14 min
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, 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.