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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 18, 2009Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2009, 5:36 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 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: Aug 18, 2009, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 18, 12:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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.

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: 144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 182336
TORABQ
NMC037-190000-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0016.090818T2336Z-090819T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
536 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 536 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GLENRIO...
  OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH OF NARA VISA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GLENRIO AROUND 550 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3509 10305 3525 10312 3528 10303 3528 10302
      3518 10301 3509 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 279DEG 10KT 3521 10307

$$


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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 182353
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
553 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

NMC037-190000-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090819T0000Z/
QUAY-
553 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL QUAY
COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

AT 538 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES
WEST OF GLENRIO WHICH HAS SINCE BECOME RAIN WRAPPED. RADAR INDICATES 
A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR GLENRIO IN THE VICINITY OF THE TEXAS 
BORDER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN 
QUAY COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3509 10305 3525 10312 3528 10303 3528 10302
      3518 10301 3509 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 279DEG 10KT 3520 10302

$$


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000 
WWUS55 KABQ 190001
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
601 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

NMC037-190010-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090819T0000Z/
QUAY-
601 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL QUAY
COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE POSSIBLE 
TORNADO HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN 
QUAY COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3509 10305 3525 10312 3528 10303 3528 10302
      3518 10301 3509 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 279DEG 10KT 3520 10299

$$


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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 18, 3:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
305 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

.DISCUSSION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS EXPECTED.  THESE STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN INTO
VERY UNSTABLE AIR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. LAPS ANALYSIS CURRENTLY
SHOWING CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 J/KG ROUGHLY NORTHEAST OF
A LINE FROM KRTN...TO KLVS....TO PORTALES...WITH ANOTHER POCKET OF
INSTABILITY OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL MTNS. MEANWHILE THE NAM CONTINUES
TO INDICATE 40-50KTS OF 0-6KM SHEAR ACROSS THIS AREA.  SOUTHEASTERLY
SFC WINDS CONTINUE TO ADVECT DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S ACROSS THE EASTERN
PLAINS WHILE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY MIXING DOWN TO
THE SURFACE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MTNS.  THE AREA OF CONVERGENCE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE
EVENING. ADDING TO THE LIFT IS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO
WESTERN NM AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE...THE MAIN STORM MODE WILL BE
SUPERCELLS INTO THE EVENING...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

THE TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE EAST OF NM BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...LEAVING
THE CWA UNDER LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE. THUS...WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE
QUIET ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A STRAY
SHOWER OR TSTM ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND/OR SOUTHEAST.
OTHERWISE...BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WILL DRY THE AREA OUT...WITH
PERHAPS AN HOUR OR TWO OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE NW.

A STRONG BACK DOOR FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE STATE LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.  THIS SHOULD PUSH MOISTURE BACK THROUGH THE
GAPS OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN ON THURSDAY AFTN/EVE AND MODELS ARE
SUGGESTING THIS PUSH MAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO THE ARIZONA BORDER.
MODELS ARE NOT PRODUCING ANY QPF ACROSS THE AREA...AND THOUGH
BEHIND THE FRONT IT WONT BE AS MOISTURE RICH AS THE FRONT
YESTERDAY..IT SEEMS PRUDENT TO ADD A MENTION OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS
ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. SHOULD THE
MOISTURE REACH AS FAR WEST AS THE AZ BORDER...THIS WILL SET THE
STAGE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE STATE...DESPITE THE UPPER HIGH BUILDING
OVERHEAD...AND LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO RAISE POPS FOR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. OVER THE WEEKEND...THE UPPER HIGH WILL DOMINATE THE
WEATHER PATTERN...AND MOISTURE MAY BE RECYCLED IN THE FORM OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

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&&

.AVIATION...
SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WILL
SHIFT MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS TO NORTHWEST. THROUGH 12Z WED...VFR
CONDITIONS WESTERN NEW MEXICO WITH A FEW CLOUD BUILDUPS WITH GUSTY
WINDS OVER MAINLY GILA REGION. CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE TEXAS
BORDER...WDLY SCT MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS IN MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS DUE
TO STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS WITH POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 50 KT AND LARGE HAIL TIL 03Z. LOCALIZED MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS IN
LOW CLOUDS/FOG NEAR TX BORDER POSSIBLE AFT 06Z.

NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
INCREASE IN MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVER SOUTHWEST AND LOWER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY AREAS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY
DRY SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO TONIGHT WILL BRING STRONGER WINDS ALOFT...AND COMBINED WITH
LATE DAY HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...LOCALIZED CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNSET MAINLY OVER
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN EASTWARD...DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS ALLOWED FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG TO SEVERE...TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.

MODELS SHOW MUCH OF THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO BE SWEPT TOWARDS THE
TEXAS BORDER WEDNESDAY AS DRY NORTHWEST FLOW PREVAILS...RESULTING IN
MUCH LESS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. LATE DAY RH WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
BELOW 15 PERCENT IN THE WEST...AND SOME LOCALIZED CRITICAL
CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON.

ANOTHER SURFACE FRONT THURSDAY WILL PUSH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BACK TO
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND POSSIBLY INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
THURSDAY NIGHT...FOR AN UPSWING IN CONVECTION. BY THE WEEKEND...HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES...LARGELY PUTTING THE KIBOSH ON CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON......................  49  91  53  93 /   0   0   0   0
DULCE...........................  38  85  41  87 /   0   0   0   0
CUBA............................  42  85  44  86 /   5   0   0   0
GALLUP..........................  44  89  47  90 /   0   0   0   0
EL MORRO........................  43  83  43  86 /   0   0   0   0
GRANTS..........................  41  88  44  90 /   0   0   0   0
QUEMADO.........................  46  86  44  88 /   0   0   5   0
GLENWOOD........................  55  93  54  95 /   5   0   5   0
CHAMA...........................  36  80  38  83 /   5   0   0   0
LOS ALAMOS......................  48  85  51  85 /   5   0   0   0
PECOS...........................  49  86  50  83 /  20   0   0  10
CERRO/QUESTA....................  41  82  44  82 /  20   0   0   5
RED RIVER.......................  36  74  38  72 /  20   0   0  10
ANGEL FIRE......................  35  76  36  75 /  20   0   0  10
TAOS............................  40  84  43  85 /   5   0   0   0
ESPANOLA........................  45  92  48  91 /   5   0   0   0
SANTA FE........................  49  87  54  85 /  10   0   0   5
SANTA FE AIRPORT................  50  90  52  87 /   5   0   0   5
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...........  59  91  59  92 /   5   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS.............  61  92  62  91 /   5   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY..............  58  93  58  93 /   5   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA...........  60  92  59  93 /   5   0   0   0
LOS LUNAS.......................  57  94  56  94 /   5   0   0   0
RIO RANCHO......................  60  92  59  92 /   5   0   0   0
SOCORRO.........................  59  93  57  93 /  10   0   5   0
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST.........  50  84  47  83 /  10   0   0   5
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...............  51  89  51  86 /  10   0   5  10
CLINES CORNERS..................  53  86  55  80 /  20   0   5  10
GRAN QUIVIRA....................  56  87  56  86 /  20   5   5  10
CARRIZOZO.......................  60  92  57  90 /  20   5   5   5
RUIDOSO.........................  55  84  53  80 /  30  10   5  10
CAPULIN.........................  49  85  48  75 /  60  10  10  10
RATON...........................  47  87  50  79 /  50  10   5  10
LAS VEGAS.......................  49  85  51  80 /  30   5   5  10
CLAYTON.........................  59  88  57  77 /  60  10  10  10
ROY.............................  59  88  56  79 /  50   5  10  10
CONCHAS.........................  61  97  63  84 /  50   5   5   5
SANTA ROSA......................  58  94  56  84 /  50   5   5  10
TUCUMCARI.......................  62  98  62  84 /  50   5  10   5
CLOVIS..........................  63  95  60  82 /  40   5  10  10
PORTALES........................  64  96  62  83 /  30   5  10  10
FORT SUMNER.....................  63  96  62  84 /  40   5   5  10
ROSWELL.........................  65  99  64  88 /  20   5   5  10
PICACHO.........................  61  95  59  85 /  30   5   5  10
ELK.............................  57  90  56  83 /  30  10   5  10

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 12:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1240 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

NMZ501>540-191200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
1240 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...WHERE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO
SOME MINOR FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN
CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND
WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
427 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0423 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 W HOUSE               34.65N 104.03W
08/18/2009  E60.00 MPH       QUAY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MTORRES

Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:37 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
437 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     HAIL             LOGAN                   35.36N 103.44W
08/18/2009  E1.50 INCH       QUAY               NM   BROADCAST MEDIA

            VIA KVII TV FROM VIEWER.

&&

SHY

Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:52 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
452 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     HAIL             8 N SAN JON             35.23N 103.33W
08/18/2009  M2.00 INCH       QUAY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MTORRES

Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:54 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
454 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0452 PM     HAIL             14 SSW CLAYTON          36.26N 103.27W
08/18/2009  E1.75 INCH       UNION              NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SHY

Local storm report, Aug 18, 5:07 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
507 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0451 PM     HAIL             9 NNE SAN JON           35.23N 103.27W
08/18/2009  M2.00 INCH       QUAY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MTORRES

Local storm report, Aug 18, 5:26 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
526 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0518 PM     HAIL             10 NE SAN JON           35.22N 103.20W
08/18/2009  M3.00 INCH       QUAY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 392

0521 PM     HAIL             GRADY                   34.82N 103.32W
08/18/2009  E0.75 INCH       CURRY              NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 6:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	29 min
Aug 17, 6:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	50 min
Aug 17, 7:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	115 min
Aug 17, 7:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	39 min
Aug 17, 8:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	55 min
Aug 17, 8:13 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Union	47 min
Aug 17, 10:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	36 min
Aug 18, 4:00 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	30 min
Aug 18, 12:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	64 min
Aug 18, 1:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	85 min
Aug 18, 1:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	67 min
Aug 18, 1:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	62 min
Aug 18, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	35 min
Aug 18, 1:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	65 min
Aug 18, 1:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance	62 min
Aug 18, 2:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	61 min
Aug 18, 2:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	63 min
Aug 18, 2:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	62 min
Aug 18, 2:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance	2 hr
Aug 18, 2:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	59 min
Aug 18, 2:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	88 min
Aug 18, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	35 min
Aug 18, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
Aug 18, 3:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	54 min
Aug 18, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	61 min
Aug 18, 3:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	52 min
Aug 18, 3:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	66 min
Aug 18, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, Union	60 min
Aug 18, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		44 min
Aug 18, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	60 min
Aug 18, 4:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	52 min
Aug 18, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Harding, San Miguel	61 min
Aug 18, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	55 min
Aug 18, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	64 min
Aug 18, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	61 min
Aug 18, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	62 min
Aug 18, 4:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	56 min
Aug 18, 4:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	32 min
Aug 18, 5:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding	18 min
Aug 18, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	60 min
Aug 18, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	61 min

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Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 2009 Every tornado warning in 2009 Tornadoes in 2009

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.