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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2011, 2:29 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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 16, 2011, 2:29 PM MDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chaves County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
977 WFUS55 KABQ 162029 TORABQ NMC005-162100- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.110916T2029Z-110916T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 229 PM MDT FRI SEP 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 300 PM MDT * AT 223 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEXTER...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF ROSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAGERMAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF U.S. ROUTE 285...13 MILES SOUTH OF ROSWELL. && LAT...LON 3325 10412 3301 10411 3301 10459 3320 10459 TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 267DEG 13KT 3312 10446 $$ 40
2 follow-up statements
769 WWUS55 KABQ 162046 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 246 PM MDT FRI SEP 16 2011 NMC005-162100- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110916T2100Z/ CHAVES- 246 PM MDT FRI SEP 16 2011 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENFIELD...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAGERMAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDINGS OR LIE FLAT IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. && LAT...LON 3325 10412 3301 10411 3301 10459 3320 10459 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 267DEG 13KT 3312 10439 $$ 40
243 WWUS55 KABQ 162054 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 254 PM MDT FRI SEP 16 2011 NMC005-162104- /O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110916T2100Z/ CHAVES- 254 PM MDT FRI SEP 16 2011 ...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3325 10412 3301 10411 3301 10459 3320 10459 TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 267DEG 13KT 3312 10435 $$ 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 60 min |
| Sep 15, 6:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 58 min |
| Sep 15, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 2:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 23 min |
| Sep 16, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 27 min |
| Sep 16, 2:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Union | 113 min |
| Sep 16, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 39 min |
| Sep 16, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 50 min |
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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.