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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2008, 7:12 PM MDT for Chaves County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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
- May 5, 2008, 7:12 PM MDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chaves County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:36 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Ne Kenna, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 12:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 816 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KABQ 060112 TORABQ NMC005-041-060200- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.080506T0112Z-080506T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 712 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NORTHEASTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 709 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF KENNA...OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENNA AROUND 720 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3407 10378 3374 10322 3367 10381 3377 10397 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 245DEG 18KT 3374 10375 $$ GUYER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KABQ 060145 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 745 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2008 NMC005-041-060200- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080506T0200Z/ ROOSEVELT-CHAVES- 745 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2008 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CHAVES AND SOUTH CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 743 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY AROUND 800 PM MDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3369 10371 3382 10377 3396 10360 3374 10322 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 264DEG 21KT 3373 10356 $$ GUYER
000 WWUS55 KABQ 060203 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 803 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2008 NMC005-041-060213- /O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080506T0200Z/ ROOSEVELT-CHAVES- 803 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2008 ...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CHAVES AND SOUTH CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3369 10371 3382 10377 3396 10360 3374 10322 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 264DEG 21KT 3373 10356 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt | 52 min |
| May 5, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 44 min |
| May 5, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 66 min |
| May 5, 8:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 39 min |
| May 5, 8:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 57 min |
| May 5, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 64 min |
| May 5, 10:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 55 min |
| May 5, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 60 min |
| May 5, 11:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 60 min |
| May 6, 6:41 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | 13 hr | |
| May 6, 3:17 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.