Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2005, 7:44 PM MDT for Harding County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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, 7:44 PM MDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2005, 8:34 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Harding County, NM, Quay 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 |
| May 30, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KABQ 310144 TORABQ NMC021-037-310230- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0005.050531T0144Z-050531T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 744 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 830 PM MDT * AT 741 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NARA VISA... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY AROUND 750 PM MDT RURAL EXTREME NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY AROUND 830 PM MDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3550 10342 3532 10343 3526 10292 3551 10289 $$ 23
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KABQ 310204 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 803 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005 NMC021-037-310230- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050531T0230Z/ HARDING-QUAY- 803 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT... AT 736 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN LOGAN. THIS FUNNEL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF NARA VISA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY AROUND 750 PM MDT... RURAL EXTREME NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY AROUND 800 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3559 10339 3533 10344 3527 10293 3561 10294 $$ 40
000 WWUS55 KABQ 310234 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 833 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005 NMC021-037-310243- /O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050531T0230Z/ HARDING-QUAY- 833 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTIES AT 830 PM MDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL QUAY UNTIL 900 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. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS... SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3559 10339 3533 10344 3527 10293 3561 10294 $$ 23
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 54 min |
| May 30, 6:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 44 min |
| May 30, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay | 46 min |
| May 30, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Quay | 57 min |
| May 30, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 61 min |
| May 30, 7:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 42 min |
| May 30, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 59 min |
| May 30, 7:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 67 min |
| May 30, 7:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 64 min |
| May 30, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 59 min |
| May 30, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 46 min |
| May 30, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 50 min |
| May 30, 8:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 37 min |
| May 30, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 62 min |
| May 30, 8:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 59 min |
| May 30, 10:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 61 min |
| May 31, 12:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 27 min |
| May 31, 1:20 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 40 min |
| May 31, 1:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 26 min |
| May 31, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding | 45 min |
| May 31, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 44 min |
| May 31, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 63 min |
| May 31, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 60 min |
| May 31, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 61 min |
| May 31, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 42 min |
| May 31, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, San Miguel | 58 min |
| May 31, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 30 min |
| May 31, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora | 44 min |
| May 31, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 60 min |
| May 31, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 54 min |
| May 31, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 53 min |
| May 31, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 41 min |
| May 31, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 67 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.