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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 14, 2004Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2004, 7:42 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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 14, 2004, 7:42 PM MDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2004, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Quay County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1362 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 150142
TORABQ
NMC037-150230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
741 PM MDT SAT AUG 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT

* AT 736 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO 3
  MILES EAST OF SAN JON...OR ABOUT 28 MILES EAST OF TUCUMCARI...
  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  WITHIN 6 MILES SAN JON AT 750 PM MDT

THIS UPGRADES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR QUAY COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

LAT...LON 3503 10312 3520 10315 3515 10341 3498 10335
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay60 min
Aug 14, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay60 min
Aug 14, 7:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQQuay119 min
Aug 14, 9:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQQuay118 min
Aug 14, 11:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQQuay3 hr

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.