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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2012, 9:06 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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, 9:06 PM MDT (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Roosevelt County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:15 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Se Portales, NM | |
| Jun 12, 9:15 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 E Floyd, 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
242 WFUS55 KABQ 130306 TORABQ NMC041-130345- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.120613T0306Z-120613T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 906 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 945 PM MDT * AT 906 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF PORTALES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PORTALES... RURAL CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY... 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 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3403 10315 3384 10351 3427 10366 3430 10346 TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 334DEG 21KT 3422 10353 $$ 34
1 follow-up statement
998 WWUS55 KABQ 130336 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 936 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 NMC041-130345- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120613T0345Z/ ROOSEVELT- 936 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT... AT 936 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3402 10320 3384 10351 3411 10352 3417 10344 TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 334DEG 21KT 3408 10342 $$ 34
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, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, San Miguel | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 9:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 61 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.