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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 30, 2005San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2005, 5:46 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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: May 30, 2005, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2005, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Miguel County, NM

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 1:30 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 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 302346
TORABQ
NMC047-310015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.050530T2346Z-050531T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
546 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 544 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
  CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF MOSQUERO...
  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY AROUND 600 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3561 10402 3543 10400 3541 10372 3562 10384

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 310000
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
558 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

NMC047-310015-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050531T0015Z/
SAN MIGUEL-
558 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL 
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT...

AT 557 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 19
MILES SOUTH OF MOSQUERO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY AROUND 605 PM MDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3561 10396 3542 10397 3541 10373 3562 10384

$$

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000 
WWUS55 KABQ 310015
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
616 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

NMC047-310026-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050531T0015Z/
SAN MIGUEL-
616 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY AT
615 PM MDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3561 10396 3542 10397 3541 10373 3562 10384

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	53 min
May 30, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	42 min
May 30, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	31 min
May 30, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	51 min
May 30, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	43 min
May 30, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	48 min
May 30, 5:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	45 min
May 30, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	65 min

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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.