Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2012, 9:51 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, 9:51 PM MDT (03:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 10:30 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), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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, 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
470
WFUS55 KABQ 130351
TORABQ
NMC041-130430-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0003.120613T0351Z-120613T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
951 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT
* AT 951 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DORA...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEP...
CAUSEY...
MILNESAND...
LINGO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR
HEAR THE TORNADO. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.
&&
LAT...LON 3360 10337 3403 10347 3408 10335 3384 10303
3374 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 324DEG 24KT 3399 10336
$$
342 follow-up statements
948
WWUS55 KABQ 130415
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1015 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012
NMC041-130430-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120613T0430Z/
ROOSEVELT-
1015 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT
COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM MDT...
AT 1015 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DORA...OR ABOUT 17
MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEP...
MILNESAND...
LINGO...
CAUSEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR
HEAR THE TORNADO. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3360 10337 3393 10341 3399 10328 3384 10303
3374 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 323DEG 21KT 3392 10329
$$
34495
WWUS55 KABQ 130430
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1030 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012
NMC041-130440-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120613T0430Z/
ROOSEVELT-
1030 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY...
ROTATION IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKEN...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...THIS STORM REMAINS STRONG AND
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
LAT...LON 3360 10337 3393 10341 3399 10328 3384 10303
3374 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 323DEG 21KT 3392 10329
$$
34The 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, 9:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 61 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 |
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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.