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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2012Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 9:44 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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: Jun 12, 2012, 9:44 PM MDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2012, 10:45 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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
Jun 12, 10:03 PM MDT	TORNADO	2 Nnw Dora, NM	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A BRIEF RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 12, 10:15 PM MDT	HAIL 2.75	1 N Dora, NM

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
Jun 12, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

952 
WUUS55 KABQ 130344
SVRABQ
NMC041-130445-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0102.120613T0344Z-120613T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
944 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT

* AT 943 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL      
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM    
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DORA...
  PEP...
  CAUSEY...
  MILNESAND...
  LINGO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH CAN
CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3377 10304 3360 10339 3408 10352 3421 10338
      3399 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 312DEG 20KT 3408 10337

$$


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1 follow-up statement

239 
WWUS55 KABQ 130414
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1014 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

NMC041-130445-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120613T0445Z/
ROOSEVELT-
1014 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM MDT...

AT 1014 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR DORA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES...MOVING
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PEP...
  CAUSEY...
  MILNESAND...
  LINGO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3399 10342 3411 10331 3399 10303 3377 10304
      3360 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 339DEG 17KT 3396 10330

$$


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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 6:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	47 min
Jun 12, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt	46 min
Jun 12, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	46 min
Jun 12, 7:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	40 min
Jun 12, 7:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	37 min
Jun 12, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	46 min
Jun 12, 7:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	44 min
Jun 12, 7:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	45 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	48 min
Jun 12, 8:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	42 min
Jun 12, 8:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	56 min
Jun 12, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	62 min
Jun 12, 9:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	42 min
Jun 12, 9:06 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	39 min
Jun 12, 9:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	40 min
Jun 12, 9:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	39 min
Jun 12, 10:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	38 min
Jun 12, 10:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	34 min
Jun 12, 11:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	61 min
Jun 13, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	27 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.