Tornado Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Oct 5, 2004, 2:14 PM MDT (20:14 UTC)

Expired

Oct 5, 2004, 2:45 PM MDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Torrance County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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.

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 052014
TORABQ
NMC057-052045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 211 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF TORREON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF LOS
  LUNAS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  8 MILES NORTH OF MANZANO AT 220 PM MDT
  OVER TAJIQUE...3 MILES NORTH OF TORREON AT 230 PM MDT

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

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

LAT...LON 3485 10644 3463 10644 3464 10608 3487 10610

$$

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NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Oct 5, 12:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1225 PM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004

.DISCUSSION...QUICK UPDATE TO ZONES TO ADD TORNADO WATCH.

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH NMC005-009-011-019-027-037-041-057-052200-
TORNADO WATCH NMC001-005-009-011-019-027-028-037-041-043-047-049-
053-057-061-060000-.

&&

16

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004

NMZ001>021-026-061200-
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 TUE OCT 5 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING
WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE EASTERN
PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
EASTERN SOCORRO...TORRANCE...LINCOLN...GUADALUPE...DE
BACA...CHAVES...CURRY...ROOSEVELT AND QUAY COUNTIES. SPOTTERS AREA
WIDE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OUR OFFICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-386-7637
WITH REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING.

KJ

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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.