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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 12, 2004Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2004, 6:20 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 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
Aug 12, 2004, 6:20 PM MDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2004, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, NM

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 12, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2004-08-13Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2004-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
3557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 130020
TORABQ
NMC027-130045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
619 PM MDT THU AUG 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH
  OF VAUGHN...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER RURAL NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY 

THIS STORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 247. TAKE COVER NOW LEAVE MOBILE 
HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT. OTHERWISE MOVE 
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3431 10491 3429 10522 3404 10528 3402 10490
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel40 min
Aug 12, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln38 min
Aug 12, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln49 min
Aug 12, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe47 min
Aug 12, 6:49 PM MDTTornado WarningABQLincoln41 min
Aug 12, 7:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln114 min
Aug 12, 7:30 PM MDTTornado WarningABQLincoln30 min
Aug 12, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln29 min
Aug 12, 10:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay37 min
Aug 12, 10:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry38 min
Aug 12, 11:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe38 min
Aug 13, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax51 min
Aug 13, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe44 min
Aug 13, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel56 min
Aug 13, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance46 min
Aug 13, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Torrance43 min
Aug 13, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln62 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.