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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2012Roosevelt County, New Mexico

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 9:15 PM MDTHAIL 12 Se Portales, NM
Jun 12, 9:15 PM MDTHAIL 2.756 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
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.

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

$$


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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

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion47 min
Jun 12, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt46 min
Jun 12, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion46 min
Jun 12, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding40 min
Jun 12, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union37 min
Jun 12, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt46 min
Jun 12, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union44 min
Jun 12, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding45 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt48 min
Jun 12, 8:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay42 min
Jun 12, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel56 min
Jun 12, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt62 min
Jun 12, 9:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt42 min
Jun 12, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay, San Miguel40 min
Jun 12, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt61 min
Jun 12, 9:51 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt39 min
Jun 12, 10:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay38 min
Jun 12, 10:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt34 min
Jun 12, 11:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt61 min
Jun 13, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln27 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.