Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:05 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 3:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 4:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 65 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 2009Every tornado warning in 2009Tornadoes 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.