Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2004, 3:00 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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 16, 2004, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2004, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 16, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 283 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1386 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
605 WUUS55 KABQ 162100 SVRABQ NMC007-059-162130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 330 PM MDT * AT 255 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... OVER RURAL NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3703 10414 3686 10412 3685 10377 3708 10379 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 2:33 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:33 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 MDT WED JUN 16 2004 .DISCUSSION...RIDGE ACROSS SRN U.S. TO BUILD W OVER NM BY THE WEEKEND. TROUGH TO OUR W NOW TO LIFT NE AND WEAKEN THU OVER NRN NM. ANOTHER WEAK TROUGH MAY CROSS NM EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL KEEP THIS SHORT WITH SEVERE WEATHER ALREADY DEVELOPING. DRY LINE BECOMING ACTIVE TODAY WITH DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HANGING IN ACROSS MUCH OF THE ERN PLAINS THIS PM. WILL KEEP PRECIP IN MUCH OF THE NIGHT ACROSS THE E. MODELS NOT SHOWING MUCH OF A WIND SHIFT NOW INTO THE NE AND E TONIGHT WITH THE E WIND INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY LOOKING MUCH LESS FAVORABLE. AM REMOVING FROM THE FORECAST BUT WILL NEED TO MONITOR CONVECTION THIS EVENING AND WATCH FOR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVING W DURING THE NIGHT. COULD BE A REPEAT ON THU CONCERNING CONVECTION WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING ACROSS AT LEAST THE FAR ERN PLAINS. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES IN FOR NRN MOUNTAINS AND MUCH OF THE E...WITH BEST CHANCES AGAIN IN THE NE. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA FRI AND THIS WEEKEND. HAVE TRIMMED LOW CHANCE POPS ON FRI A BIT WITH BETTER CAP IN PLACE AND MORE OF A W FLOW...ALTHOUGH RATHER WEAK. ANOTHER FRONT STILL ADVERTISED INTO THE NE FRI NIGHT/SAT ON THE ETA. THIS MAY ENHANCE STORMS ON SAT IN THIS AREA. LITTLE CHANGE TO CURRENT FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. BACKED OFF ON POPS FOR MON THOUGH AS NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH MAY INCREASE SW FLOW AHEAD OF IT AND PUSH MOISTURE E. TROUGH THEN SWINGS THRU TUE WITH LOW CHANCE POPS MAINLY N AND E...THEN DRY ON WED. WE WILL CANCEL THE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WC AND PORTIONS OF ERN NM INTO THIS EVENING. CHJ .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON................ 055/090 054/091 053 40001 GALLUP.................... 045/087 043/089 044 40000 GRANTS.................... 047/089 044/090 045 40000 GLENWOOD.................. 053/092 054/093 053 40000 CHAMA..................... 040/079 040/080 040 40111 LOS ALAMOS................ 051/084 050/087 048 40000 RED RIVER................. 039/073 039/074 039 40212 TAOS...................... 044/084 044/086 045 40112 SANTA FE.................. 049/085 049/087 050 40000 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 051/089 051/090 052 40000 ESPANOLA.................. 053/090 047/093 047 40000 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 063/093 064/094 064 40000 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 056/094 057/095 058 40000 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 060/090 061/092 061 40000 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 062/092 060/094 062 40000 SOCORRO................... 058/097 054/099 057 40000 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 055/084 056/087 056 40000 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 048/088 049/090 049 40000 CARRIZOZO................. 060/093 058/095 059 40000 RUIDOSO................... 060/085 057/087 059 40000 RATON..................... 050/086 048/087 049 40212 LAS VEGAS................. 051/084 049/086 051 40111 ROY....................... 054/087 055/091 054 40222 CLAYTON................... 059/087 060/090 060 40222 SANTA ROSA................ 059/096 061/099 059 40111 TUCUMCARI................. 066/094 068/096 066 40222 FORT SUMNER............... 065/097 065/100 064 40111 CLOVIS.................... 065/095 065/096 065 40222 PORTALES.................. 066/096 065/097 067 40211 ROSWELL................... 068/100 068/101 067 40111 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 40
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 10:25 AM MDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1025 AM MDT WED JUN 16 2004 NMZ001>021-026-171200- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY- ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- WESTCENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1025 AM MDT WED JUN 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM IN UNION...HARDING...QUAY...EASTERN COLFAX AND SAN MIGUEL...CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN THOSE SAME AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. CHJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.