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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 5, 2004Cibola County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2004, 11:26 AM MST for Cibola County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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
Oct 5, 2004, 11:26 AM MST (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2004, 12:15 PM MST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cibola County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 12:00Z on 2004-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 465 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 2004-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 051826
TORABQ
NMC006-051915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1225 PM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 115 PM MDT

* AT 1221 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF MESITA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH 
  OF LAGUNA PUEBLO...MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER RURAL EASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3494 10745 3479 10732 3496 10722 3499 10709
      3513 10716

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 7:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola, Valencia37 min
Oct 4, 8:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo45 min
Oct 4, 8:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola61 min
Oct 4, 9:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo44 min
Oct 4, 10:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo43 min
Oct 4, 11:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval59 min
Oct 4, 11:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance58 min
Oct 5, 12:44 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance61 min
Oct 5, 1:17 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe58 min
Oct 5, 3:19 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca56 min
Oct 5, 3:42 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Quay3 hr
Oct 5, 4:06 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo39 min
Oct 5, 6:16 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt89 min
Oct 5, 6:37 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt38 min
Oct 5, 7:45 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt90 min
Oct 5, 8:25 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval50 min
Oct 5, 9:18 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval42 min
Oct 5, 10:46 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo59 min
Oct 5, 11:04 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca116 min
Oct 5, 11:09 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval36 min
Oct 5, 11:20 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQValencia40 min
Oct 5, 11:46 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval, Valencia44 min
Oct 5, 12:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln39 min
Oct 5, 12:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQValencia46 min
Oct 5, 12:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo61 min
Oct 5, 12:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln45 min
Oct 5, 12:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro67 min
Oct 5, 12:58 PM MSTTornado WarningABQValencia17 min
Oct 5, 1:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance59 min
Oct 5, 1:06 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance84 min
Oct 5, 1:14 PM MSTTornado WarningABQTorrance31 min
Oct 5, 1:29 PM MSTTornado WarningABQSocorro46 min
Oct 5, 1:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln15 min
Oct 5, 1:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo51 min
Oct 5, 2:07 PM MSTTornado WarningABQChaves38 min
Oct 5, 2:45 PM MSTTornado WarningABQChaves45 min
Oct 5, 3:30 PM MSTTornado WarningABQChaves45 min
Oct 5, 3:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln56 min
Oct 5, 4:16 PM MSTTornado WarningABQChaves44 min
Oct 5, 4:25 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca95 min

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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.