Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 5:42 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2007, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 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), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:00 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Milnesand, NM | |
| Mar 23, 6:05 PM MDT | TORNADO | 1 S Milnesand, NM | BARNS DAMAGED |
| Mar 23, 6:06 PM MDT | TORNADO | Sw Milnesand, NM | |
| Mar 23, 6:08 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Milnesand, NM | |
| Mar 23, 6:18 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 7 Ne Milnesand, NM | |
| Mar 23, 6:18 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 W Lingo, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:19 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KABQ 232343 TORABQ NMC041-240030- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.070323T2342Z-070324T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 542 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 539 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF MILNESAND...OR ABOUT 37 MILES NORTH OF LOVINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MILNESAND AROUND 555 PM MDT... PEP AROUND 615 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3357 10348 3357 10305 3399 10303 3404 10336 $$ 19
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KABQ 232355 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 555 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 NMC041-240030- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070324T0030Z/ ROOSEVELT- 555 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT... AT 552 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILNESAND...OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PEP AROUND 615 PM MDT... 8 MILES WEST OF CAUSEY AROUND 620 PM MDT... LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3357 10348 3357 10305 3399 10303 3404 10336 $$ 19
000 WWUS55 KABQ 240013 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 611 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 NMC041-240030- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070324T0030Z/ ROOSEVELT- 611 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT... AT 609 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF MILNESAND...OR ABOUT 33 MILES WEST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST SOUTHWEST OF MILNESAND. THE TORNADO LIFTED...BUT COULD TOUCH DOWN AGAIN AT ANY TIME. ONE INCH DIAMTER HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PEP AROUND 630 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3357 10348 3357 10305 3399 10303 3404 10336 $$ 19
000 WWUS55 KABQ 240034 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 633 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 NMC041-240043- /O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070324T0030Z/ ROOSEVELT- 633 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. LAT...LON 3357 10348 3357 10305 3399 10303 3404 10336 $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 11:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 53 min |
| Mar 23, 12:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 66 min |
| Mar 23, 3:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 59 min |
| Mar 23, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 64 min |
| Mar 23, 3:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Harding | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 3:23 PM MDT | Snow Advisory | ABQ | 21 hr | |
| Mar 23, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 63 min |
| Mar 23, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 57 min |
| Mar 23, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 67 min |
| Mar 23, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 57 min |
| Mar 23, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 62 min |
| Mar 23, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.