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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2005, 7:30 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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 6, 2005, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2005, 8:04 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Roosevelt County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 6, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1812 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KABQ 070131 TORABQ NMC041-070200- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0009.050607T0130Z-050607T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 730 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 728 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROGERS...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY AROUND 740 PM MDT 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3406 10324 3388 10327 3386 10305 3410 10306 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KABQ 070134 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 734 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 NMC041-070200- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050607T0200Z/ ROOSEVELT- 734 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 728 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROGERS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES NORTH OF CAUSEY AROUND 740 PM MDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3406 10325 3381 10327 3381 10304 3410 10305 $$
000 WWUS55 KABQ 070152 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 750 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 NMC041-070200- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050607T0200Z/ ROOSEVELT- 753 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 752 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF CAUSEY...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... THE TEXAS STATE LINE AT 800 PM MDT... NO REPORTS OF A TORNADO HAVE YET BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AS WAS EARLIER STATED...BUT THIS STORM REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. LAT...LON 3406 10325 3381 10327 3381 10304 3410 10305 $$ 19
000 WWUS55 KABQ 070204 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 802 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 NMC041-070212- /O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050607T0200Z/ ROOSEVELT- 802 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY AT 800 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. REPORTS OF POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT NOT CONFIRMED...WITH THIS STORM AROUND 730 PM NEAR ROGERS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER INCIDENTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3406 10325 3381 10327 3381 10304 3410 10305 $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 8:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.