Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2008, 3:38 PM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 52 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
- May 28, 2008, 3:38 PM MDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2008, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Santa Cruz, NM | SCREENS BLOWN OUT OF PORCH. |
| May 28, 4:24 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | White Rock, 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 28, 2:28 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KABQ 282138 TORABQ NMC028-039-043-049-055-282230- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0003.080528T2138Z-080528T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 338 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NORTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTH CENTRAL TAOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 336 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WHITE ROCK...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOS ALAMOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JACONITA AND POJOAQUE AROUND 355 PM MDT... POJOAQUE PUEBLO...NAMBE...SANTA CLARA PUEBLO AND NAMBE PUEBLO AROUND 400 PM MDT... SANTA CRUZ AND ESPANOLA AROUND 405 PM MDT... CHIMAYO AND CUNDIYO AROUND 415 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3630 10603 3608 10556 3569 10612 3581 10633 TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 222DEG 25KT 3582 10616 $$ DPORTER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KABQ 282203 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 402 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 NMC028-043-282212- /O.CAN.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080528T2230Z/ LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL- 402 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...TORNADO WARNING CANCELLED FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND SOUTHEASTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3627 10598 3608 10556 3578 10599 3591 10623 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 222DEG 25KT 3594 10602 $$ NMC039-049-055-282230- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080528T2230Z/ TAOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANTA FE- 402 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SANTA FE... SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA AND SOUTH CENTRAL TAOS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 357 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JACONITA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF ESPANOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CHIMAYO AND CUNDIYO AROUND 415 PM MDT... CORDOVA AROUND 420 PM MDT... TRUCHAS AROUND 425 PM MDT... OJO SARCO AROUND 430 PM MDT... IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3627 10598 3608 10556 3578 10599 3591 10623 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 222DEG 25KT 3594 10602 $$ DPORTER
000 WWUS55 KABQ 282222 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 422 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 NMC039-049-055-282232- /O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080528T2230Z/ TAOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANTA FE- 422 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN SANTA FE... SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA AND SOUTH CENTRAL TAOS COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3627 10598 3608 10556 3578 10599 3591 10623 TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 222DEG 25KT 3604 10590 $$ 50/DPORTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe | 63 min |
| May 28, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe | 48 min |
| May 28, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 60 min |
| May 28, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 65 min |
| May 28, 4:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| May 28, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 67 min |
| May 28, 4:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel, Santa Fe | 50 min |
| May 28, 4:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 64 min |
| May 28, 4:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 118 min |
| May 28, 5:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| May 28, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 45 min |
| May 28, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Torrance | 59 min |
| May 28, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 50 min |
| May 28, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Taos | 33 min |
| May 28, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 44 min |
| May 28, 5:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Taos | 117 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.