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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 10, 2004De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2004, 6:00 PM MDT for De Baca 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
Aug 10, 2004, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2004, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County De Baca County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2004-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 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 2004-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 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 110000
TORABQ
NMC011-110045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
559 PM MDT TUE AUG 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 556 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER YESO...OR ABOUT 24 MILES WEST OF FORT SUMNER...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER RURAL WESTERN DE BACA COUNTY 
  OVER RURAL SOUTHWESTERN DE BACA COUNTY 

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DE BACA COUNTY.

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 3457 10452 3455 10480 3412 10487 3403 10441
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion55 min
Aug 10, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay61 min
Aug 10, 6:19 PM MDTTornado WarningABQDe Baca26 min
Aug 10, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca45 min
Aug 11, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval39 min
Aug 11, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax63 min
Aug 11, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe40 min
Aug 11, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel49 min
Aug 11, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Torrance50 min
Aug 11, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax49 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.