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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 23, 2007Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 7:33 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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, 7:33 PM MDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2007, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Curry County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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, 7:40 PM MDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Se Clovis, NM
Mar 23, 7:54 PM MDT	TORNADO	6 Se Clovis, NM	HOUSES DESTROYED ON CURRY COUNTY ROAD 4

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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 240134
TORABQ
NMC009-240215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0005.070324T0133Z-070324T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
733 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 729 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TEXICO...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF CLOVIS...MOVING
  NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TEXICO AND CLOVIS AROUND 745 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING 
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3489 10303 3432 10305 3432 10324 3446 10324
      3447 10325 3472 10324 3473 10326 3490 10325

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 240200
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
800 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

NMC009-240215-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070324T0215Z/
CURRY-
800 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 758 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SKYWARN
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN
CLOVIS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RANCHVALE AROUND 815 PM MDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3474 10303 3432 10305 3432 10326 3445 10332
      3452 10333 3470 10332 3473 10326 3474 10326

$$

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, 7:18 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.