Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2010, 3:22 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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 25, 2010, 3:22 PM MDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2010, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Curry County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:27 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Ne Clovis, NM | QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| May 25, 3:37 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 E Clovis, NM | PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. |
| May 25, 3:55 PM MDT | TORNADO | 3 Sse Pleasant Hill, NM | RELAYED VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
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 25, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1971 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871
WFUS55 KABQ 252122
TORABQ
NMC009-252200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0013.100525T2122Z-100525T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
322 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
* AT 318 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
CLOVIS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLOVIS...
PLEASANT HILL...
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 EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
&&
LAT...LON 3433 10304 3437 10325 3473 10319 3470 10302
3442 10303 3440 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 170DEG 18KT 3444 10315
$$
DPORTER3 follow-up statements
672 WWUS55 KABQ 252136 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 336 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010 NMC009-252200- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100525T2200Z/ CURRY- 336 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT... AT 331 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT HILL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLOVIS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL CURRY COUNTY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 209... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3442 10304 3447 10323 3473 10319 3470 10302 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 170DEG 18KT 3450 10316 $$ DPORTER
497 WWUS55 KABQ 252149 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 349 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010 NMC009-252200- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100525T2200Z/ CURRY- 349 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT... AT 348 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT HILL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLOVIS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL CURRY COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 77... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3442 10304 3447 10323 3473 10319 3470 10302 TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 193DEG 23KT 3452 10310 $$ DPORTER
826 WWUS55 KABQ 252201 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 401 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010 NMC009-252210- /O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100525T2200Z/ CURRY- 401 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN CURRY COUNTY. LAT...LON 3442 10304 3447 10323 3473 10319 3470 10302 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 193DEG 23KT 3459 10308 $$ DPORTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 23 min |
| May 25, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 60 min |
| May 25, 2:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 47 min |
| May 25, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 63 min |
| May 25, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 48 min |
| May 25, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 58 min |
| May 25, 4:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry | 113 min |
| May 25, 5:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 36 min |
| May 25, 5:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 32 min |
| May 25, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 56 min |
| May 25, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 57 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.