Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2004, 6:44 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 21, 2004, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2004, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Union County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:55 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 12 N Nara Visa, NM | A COUPLE OF FUNNELS WERE SEEN FROM ROTATING STORM |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
607 WFUS55 KABQ 220044 TORABQ NMC059-220115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 643 PM MDT MON JUN 21 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 642 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF AMISTAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEDAN IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3602 10320 3575 10330 3575 10302 3573 10262 $$ 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 59 min |
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.