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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 19, 2013Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2013, 6:23 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 19, 2013, 6:23 PM MDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 272 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: 1702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

440 
WFUS55 KABQ 200023
TORABQ
NMC007-059-200100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0003.130620T0023Z-130620T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
623 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 623 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
  NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES
  MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY...
  RURAL EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.

&&

LAT...LON 3690 10359 3682 10412 3699 10418 3701 10411
      3701 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 255DEG 17KT 3693 10404

$$


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2 follow-up statements

606 
WWUS55 KABQ 200043
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
643 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

NMC007-059-200100-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130620T0100Z/
COLFAX-UNION-
643 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION AND
NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT...

AT 642 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES
MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AREAS NORTH OF STATE ROAD 72 AND WEST OF STATE ROAD 551...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3690 10359 3682 10412 3699 10418 3701 10411
      3701 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 255DEG 17KT 3696 10399

$$


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447 
WWUS55 KABQ 200101
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
701 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

NMC007-059-200110-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130620T0100Z/
COLFAX-UNION-
701 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION AND
NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING NO LONGER APPEARED 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...ROTATION IN THIS STORM MAY 
RE-STRENGTHEN AND THOSE IN THE AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT. 

LAT...LON 3690 10359 3682 10412 3699 10418 3701 10411
      3701 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 255DEG 17KT 3696 10398

$$


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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 19, 6:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	33 min
Jun 19, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	62 min
Jun 20, 1:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	31 min
Jun 20, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	27 min
Jun 20, 2:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	28 min
Jun 20, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	30 min
Jun 20, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	32 min
Jun 20, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	44 min
Jun 20, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	30 min
Jun 20, 3:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	28 min
Jun 20, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	44 min
Jun 20, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	44 min
Jun 20, 4:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	113 min
Jun 20, 4:23 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	23 hr
Jun 20, 4:23 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more	28 hr
Jun 20, 4:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	106 min
Jun 20, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	30 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.