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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 5, 2004Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2004, 4:30 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2004, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
45 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
Oct 5, 11:55 AM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 183 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 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 052230
TORABQ
NMC005-052315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 427 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEXTER...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF ROSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF DEXTER AT 500 PM MDT
  3 MILES SOUTH OF HAGERMAN AT 505 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 3317 10476 3298 10472 3298 10399 3321 10399

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 8:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola, Valencia37 min
Oct 4, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo45 min
Oct 4, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola61 min
Oct 4, 10:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo44 min
Oct 4, 11:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo43 min
Oct 5, 12:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval59 min
Oct 5, 12:47 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance58 min
Oct 5, 1:44 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance61 min
Oct 5, 2:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe58 min
Oct 5, 4:19 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca56 min
Oct 5, 4:42 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Quay3 hr
Oct 5, 5:06 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo39 min
Oct 5, 7:16 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt89 min
Oct 5, 7:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt38 min
Oct 5, 8:45 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt90 min
Oct 5, 9:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval50 min
Oct 5, 10:18 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval42 min
Oct 5, 11:46 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo59 min
Oct 5, 12:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca116 min
Oct 5, 12:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval36 min
Oct 5, 12:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQValencia40 min
Oct 5, 12:26 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCibola49 min
Oct 5, 12:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval, Valencia44 min
Oct 5, 1:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln39 min
Oct 5, 1:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQValencia46 min
Oct 5, 1:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo61 min
Oct 5, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln45 min
Oct 5, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro67 min
Oct 5, 1:58 PM MDTTornado WarningABQValencia17 min
Oct 5, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance59 min
Oct 5, 2:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance84 min
Oct 5, 2:14 PM MDTTornado WarningABQTorrance31 min
Oct 5, 2:29 PM MDTTornado WarningABQSocorro46 min
Oct 5, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln15 min
Oct 5, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo51 min
Oct 5, 3:07 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves38 min
Oct 5, 3:45 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves45 min
Oct 5, 4:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln56 min
Oct 5, 5:16 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves44 min
Oct 5, 5:25 PM MDTFlash 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.