Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2004, 6:01 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2004, 6:01 PM MDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2004, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chaves County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 6:20 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Dexter, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 239 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KABQ 060001 TORABQ NMC005-060045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 601 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 645 PM MDT * AT 558 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEXTER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF ROSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... 3 MILES SOUTH OF DEXTER AT 610 PM MDT 3 MILES NORTH OF HAGERMAN AT 615 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3324 10454 3306 10454 3303 10394 3328 10395 $$ 23
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 44 min |
| Oct 5, 8:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 3 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.