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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 28, 2009Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2009, 3:45 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 28, 2009, 3:45 PM MDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2009, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 125 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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 4:05 PM MDTHAIL 12 S Arabela, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2009-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2009-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 282145
TORABQ
NMC005-027-282230-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.090428T2145Z-090428T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
345 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO   
  WEST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 345 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF PICACHO...OR ABOUT 32 MILES WEST OF ROSWELL...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AROUND 400 PM MDT...
  RURAL EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AROUND 420 PM MDT...
  RURAL WESTERN CHAVES COUNTY AROUND 420 PM MDT...
  RURAL CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY AROUND 430 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3370 10470 3335 10464 3333 10518 3357 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 258DEG 15KT 3347 10507

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KABQ 282221
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
421 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009

NMC005-027-282230-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090428T2230Z/
CHAVES-LINCOLN-
421 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT...

AT 420 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY...OR ABOUT 22 
MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY AROUND 430 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3334 10504 3359 10506 3370 10470 3335 10464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 258DEG 24KT 3349 10488

$$

KW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln57 min
Apr 28, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel55 min
Apr 28, 3:35 PM MDTTornado WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel40 min
Apr 28, 4:13 PM MDTTornado WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel47 min
Apr 28, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln59 min
Apr 28, 5:00 PM MDTTornado WarningABQSan Miguel45 min
Apr 28, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves44 min
Apr 28, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel65 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.