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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 23, 2007Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 8:12 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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, 8:12 PM MDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 48 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 240214
TORABQ
NMC009-240300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0007.070324T0212Z-070324T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
812 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 900 PM MDT

* AT 811 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTH OF BROADVIEW...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF
  CLOVIS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BROADVIEW AND 6 MILES WEST OF BELLVIEW AROUND 845 PM MDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE
INTO 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 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 3443 10329 3444 10307 3495 10307 3476 10341

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 240245
SVSABQ

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

NMC009-240300-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070324T0300Z/
CURRY-
845 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM MDT...

AT 837 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT HILL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF CLOVIS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING ARE ALSO 
POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM IN EASTERN CURRY COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3446 10323 3447 10304 3485 10303 3476 10337

$$

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 240304
SVSABQ

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

NMC009-240311-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070324T0300Z/
CURRY-
901 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY 
RAINS...SMALL HAIL...LOCAL HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY FROM NORTH OF PLEASANT 
HILL TO BELLVIEW.

LAT...LON 3446 10323 3447 10304 3485 10303 3476 10337

$$

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, 7:33 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Curry	42 min
Mar 23, 8:03 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	42 min
Mar 23, 8:47 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.