Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2004, 4:00 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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 18, 2004, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2004, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Curry County, NM
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 18, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
453 WUUS55 KABQ 182200 SVRABQ NMC009-182300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 400 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 500 PM MDT * AT 357 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MELROSE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORTALES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 2 MILES NORTH OF SAINT VRAIN AT 435 PM MDT 6 MILES WEST OF RANCHVALE...8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANNON AFB AT 500 PM MDT SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN AND DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS...DITCHES AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3457 10372 3432 10372 3433 10307 3486 10303 $$ 16
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 18, 2:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 220 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 .DISCUSSION...WEAK RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE SW THIS WEEKEND THEN GETS NUDGED S NEXT WEEK WITH WEAK W FLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK PERHAPS GOING NW LATE IN THE WEEK. COLD FRONTS WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS INTO THE E TONIGHT...MON AND MON NIGHT...AND THU/THU NIGHT. MORE OF THE SAME IN THE FORECAST THROUGH NEXT WEEK ALTHOUGH SOME DAY TO DAY CHANGES. MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE E. SEVERE TSTM WATCH ALREADY IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVE ACROSS ALL OF THE E. BOUNDARY IN THE NE WILL PRESS S TONIGHT...LIKELY AIDED BY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...AND WILL KEEP E CANYON WIND IN FOR RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS WILL BRING A FRESH SURGE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE E AND MAYBE A LITTLE INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL. IN ADDITION... MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE FROM OLD MEXICO INTO SRN NM THIS WEEKEND. WILL ADD MENTION OF DRY TSTMS WITH GUSTY WINDS INTO OUR SW AND WC ZONES SAT PM...AND AS FAR N AS ABQ SAT EVE. BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS...INCLUDING ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...WILL CONTINUE IN THE E SAT. A BIT MORE W FLOW ON SUN COULD SCOUR OUT SOME OF THE HIGHER LEVEL MOISTURE BUT LIKELY NOT THE LOW LEVELS. OVERALL LESS COVERAGE POSSIBLE...BUT LOW CHANCE POPS REMAIN FOR MUCH OF THE CNTRL AND ALL OF THE E. ANOTHER FRONT FORECAST INTO THE E MON INTO MON NIGHT AND AGAIN LATER NEXT WEEK KEEPING THE E RATHER MOIST WITH AT LEAST LOW CHANCE POPS EACH DAY NEXT WEEK. THE W WILL REMAIN MOSTLY DRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON................ 052/090 053/090 052 40000 GALLUP.................... 044/088 044/087 045 40000 GRANTS.................... 043/086 046/088 045 40000 GLENWOOD.................. 046/092 050/093 052 400-- CHAMA..................... 040/079 040/082 040 40111 LOS ALAMOS................ 047/084 048/085 048 40000 RED RIVER................. 038/072 038/074 039 40111 TAOS...................... 046/081 046/085 045 40011 SANTA FE.................. 050/084 049/085 049 40010 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 053/086 052/088 051 40010 ESPANOLA.................. 046/088 046/091 046 40010 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 064/091 065/092 064 4000- ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 056/093 057/094 058 4000- ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 062/088 062/090 061 40000 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 063/093 064/092 062 40000 SOCORRO................... 057/093 058/097 057 400-- SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 056/084 058/085 056 40011 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 046/087 049/089 048 40011 CARRIZOZO................. 059/090 058/092 058 40011 RUIDOSO................... 059/083 058/084 058 40132 RATON..................... 051/076 048/089 049 40322 LAS VEGAS................. 051/079 050/085 054 40122 ROY....................... 052/078 057/088 054 40322 CLAYTON................... 056/077 059/090 060 40532 SANTA ROSA................ 058/089 059/095 059 40222 TUCUMCARI................. 065/088 066/094 064 40322 FORT SUMNER............... 063/091 063/097 063 40222 CLOVIS.................... 063/089 064/093 064 40322 PORTALES.................. 064/090 066/094 066 40322 ROSWELL................... 066/095 065/095 067 40112 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 40
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 6:00 AM MDT, 10 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 NMZ001>021-026-191200- 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- 600 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY FROM AROUND 200 PM TO 800 PM IN UNION...HARDING...QUAY...CURRY...ROOSEVELT...EASTERN COLFAX...AND EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER UNION...HARDING... QUAY...CURRY...ROOSEVELT...DE BACA...CHAVES...EASTERN SAN MIGUEL... EASTERN COLFAX AND EASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:35 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
335 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM HAIL SPRINGER 36.37N 104.59W
06/18/2004 1.00 INCH COLFAX NM LAW ENFORCEMENT
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
&&
CHJLocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:36 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
336 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM HAIL SPRINGER 36.37N 104.59W
06/18/2004 0.88 INCH COLFAX NM PUBLIC
&&
CHJLocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:40 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
340 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL SPRINGER 36.37N 104.59W
06/18/2004 0.88 INCH COLFAX NM FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
CHJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 3:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.