Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 7:18 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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
- Mar 23, 2007, 7:18 PM MDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:19 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 1541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS55 KABQ 240118
TORABQ
NMC041-240200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0004.070324T0118Z-070324T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
718 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
* AT 716 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ELIDA...OR
ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DORA AROUND 740 PM MDT...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES AROUND 800 PM MDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
LAT...LON 3365 10370 3366 10350 3368 10334 3372 10328
3420 10333 3430 10356 3430 10382 3384 10383
3383 10371
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS55 KABQ 240134
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
734 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007
NMC041-240200-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070324T0200Z/
ROOSEVELT-
734 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM MDT...
AT 733 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
ELIDA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES AROUND 800 PM MDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
LAT...LON 3385 10362 3383 10336 3400 10321 3420 10331
3431 10333 3430 10356 3430 10380 3410 10383
3386 10369
$$
19000 WWUS55 KABQ 240153 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 753 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 NMC041-240200- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070324T0200Z/ ROOSEVELT- 753 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 750 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES AROUND 800 PM MDT... DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL ALSO BE PRODUCED BY THIS THUNDERSTORM FROM PORTALES TO DORA AND CAUSEY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3385 10353 3387 10304 3431 10304 3430 10356 $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 56 min |
| Mar 23, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 57 min |
| Mar 23, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 6:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 7:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Curry | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 8:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 8:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Curry | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 8:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 43 min |
| Mar 23, 10:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 47 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.