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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 14, 2006Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2006, 11:00 AM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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 14, 2006, 11:00 AM MDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2006, 11:30 AM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2006-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 354 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2006-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 141702
TORABQ
NMC005-141730-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.060814T1700Z-060814T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1100 AM MDT MON AUG 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 1130 AM MDT

* AT 1052 AM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO
  NORTH OF THE DETECTION CENTER IN ROSWELL AND WAS MOVING WEST
  AT 5 MPH NEAR THE POST STREET AREA.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH ROSWELL AROUND 1110 AM MDT...

GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID OUTSIDE WALLS
AND WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3326 10439 3344 10439 3346 10472 3323 10471

$$
50
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KABQ 141722
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1118 AM MDT MON AUG 14 2006

NMC005-141730-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060814T1730Z/
CHAVES-
1118 AM MDT MON AUG 14 2006

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY UNTIL
1130 AM MDT...

AT 1114 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SKYWARN 
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR POST STREET IN ROSWELL...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THIS 
STROM HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY.

LAT...LON 3326 10439 3344 10439 3346 10472 3323 10471

$$
23
000 
WWUS55 KABQ 141731
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1129 AM MDT MON AUG 14 2006

NMC005-141739-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060814T1730Z/
CHAVES-
1129 AM MDT MON AUG 14 2006

...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY AT 1130 AM
MDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO AT THIS TIME...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS A 
RESULT OF A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WIND SHEAR 
DUE TO UPDRAFTS AND DOWNDRAFTS FROM RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3326 10439 3344 10439 3346 10472 3323 10471

$$
23

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 6:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSocorro2 hr
Aug 13, 6:53 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron2 hr
Aug 13, 7:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo117 min
Aug 13, 7:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel4 hr

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.