Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2008, 3:42 PM MDT for San Miguel County, Santa Fe 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 28, 2008, 3:42 PM MDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2008, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:05 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Ese Stanley, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 282142 TORABQ NMC047-049-282230- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0004.080528T2142Z-080528T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 342 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 340 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF RIBERA TO STANLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. * TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIBERA AROUND 430 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. 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 3547 10526 3506 10564 3505 10610 3547 10577 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 224DEG 20KT 3537 10565 3512 10590 $$ DPORTER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KABQ 282152 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 352 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 NMC047-049-282230- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080528T2230Z/ SAN MIGUEL-SANTA FE- 352 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA FE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 349 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH SAN YSIDRO TO 7 MILES EAST OF STANLEY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORIARTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. * TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR... SOUTH SAN YSIDRO AND NORTH SAN YSIDRO AROUND 400 PM MDT... SAN JOSE AROUND 420 PM MDT... RIBERA...SAN MIGUEL AND TECOLOTE AROUND 430 PM MDT... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3547 10526 3506 10564 3505 10610 3547 10577 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 242DEG 21KT 3539 10558 3515 10583 $$ DPORTER
000 WWUS55 KABQ 282214 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 414 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 NMC047-049-282230- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080528T2230Z/ SAN MIGUEL-SANTA FE- 414 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA FE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 410 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAN JOSE TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN MIGUEL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS TO 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORIARTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH. * TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR... SAN MIGUEL AND RIBERA AROUND 425 PM MDT... TECOLOTE AROUND 430 PM MDT... AT 405 PM STORM SPOTTERS REPOTED 1.75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL UP TO 3 INCHES DEEP NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 41 AND 472. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3547 10526 3506 10564 3506 10593 3547 10561 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 246DEG 24KT 3539 10548 3515 10573 $$ 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, 3:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Taos | 52 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.