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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 8, 2004Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2004, 4:02 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 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
Apr 8, 2004, 4:02 PM MDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2004, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chaves County, NM

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 1:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2004-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2004-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 082202
TORABQ
NMC005-082245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
401 PM MDT THU APR 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 358 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ROSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS WARNING CONTINUES THE TORNADO
  WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THIS SAME STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE
INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3330 10487 3313 10487 3312 10449 3338 10453
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 3:23 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves37 min
Apr 8, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt51 min
Apr 8, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt43 min
Apr 8, 4:43 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves47 min
Apr 8, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt57 min
Apr 8, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves45 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.