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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 16, 2011Chaves County, New Mexico

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 272 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca60 min
Sep 15, 6:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel52 min
Sep 15, 7:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel58 min
Sep 15, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel47 min
Sep 15, 8:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay30 min
Sep 16, 2:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion23 min
Sep 16, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves27 min
Sep 16, 2:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Union113 min
Sep 16, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca39 min
Sep 16, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance38 min
Sep 16, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro50 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.