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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 3, 2011Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2011, 2:48 PM MDT for Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 15 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: Sep 3, 2011, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2011, 3:03 PM MDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -293 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

160 
WFUS55 KABQ 032048
TORABQ
NMC021-033-032130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0001.110903T2048Z-110903T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
248 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 244 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROY...OR
  ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOSQUERO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOLANO...

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3587 10397 3579 10431 3598 10435 3607 10419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 316DEG 10KT 3594 10419

$$

43

1 follow-up statement

151 
WWUS55 KABQ 032103
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
303 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2011

NMC021-033-032112-
/O.CAN.KABQ.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110903T2130Z/
HARDING-MORA-
303 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...TORNADO WARNING CANCELLED FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MORA AND WEST
CENTRAL HARDING COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO HAVE WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE 
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL HARDING AND EASTERN MORA 
COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3587 10397 3579 10431 3598 10435 3607 10419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 316DEG 10KT 3591 10416

$$

DPORTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 6:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	2 hr
Sep 2, 6:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	2 hr
Sep 3, 1:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	2 hr
Sep 3, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	63 min
Sep 3, 2:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	51 min
Sep 3, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	56 min
Sep 3, 3:30 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ		16 hr
Sep 3, 3:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	119 min
Sep 3, 4:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	110 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.