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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 19, 2004Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2004, 6:45 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 19, 2004, 6:45 PM MDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2004, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Colfax County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 288 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2004-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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.

780 
WFUS55 KABQ 200045
TORABQ
NMC007-200115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
645 PM MDT SAT JUN 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 630 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARLEY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF
  SPRINGER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  2 MILES NORTH OF FARLEY AT 655 PM MDT

TAKE COVER NOW LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIALS AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3666 10457 3624 10458 3624 10402 3666 10401

$$

46/DPORTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax60 min
Jun 19, 6:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion54 min
Jun 19, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax30 min
Jun 19, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion60 min
Jun 19, 8:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion60 min
Jun 19, 9:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion56 min
Jun 20, 1:04 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding56 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.