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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 26, 2004Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2004, 5:26 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 19 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 26, 2004, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2004, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bernalillo County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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.

178 
WFUS55 KABQ 262326
TORABQ
NMC001-262345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
525 PM MDT SAT JUN 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 521 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO OVER IRVING AND COORS
  IN NORTH WEST ALBUQUERQUE...MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 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.

LAT...LON 3522 10675 3507 10682 3495 10648 3516 10639
$$

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.