Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2013, 6:01 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 min. 7 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
- Aug 15, 2013, 6:01 PM MDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Curry County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 6:17 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Clovis, NM | |
| Aug 15, 6:20 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Ne Clovis, NM | |
| Aug 15, 6:22 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ene Clovis, NM | |
| Aug 15, 6:24 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | Clovis, NM | EAST SIDE OF CLOVIS |
| Aug 15, 6:28 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 E Clovis, NM | |
| Aug 15, 6:31 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | Clovis, NM | DOWNTOWN CLOVIS PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL |
| Aug 15, 6:33 PM MDT | HAIL 2 | Clovis, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
741 WFUS55 KABQ 160001 TORABQ NMC009-160030- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0004.130816T0001Z-130816T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 601 PM MDT THU AUG 15 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 558 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLOVIS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLOVIS AROUND 625 PM MDT... 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 3438 10312 3442 10326 3454 10314 3452 10307 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 023DEG 18KT 3450 10313 $$
3 follow-up statements
333 WWUS55 KABQ 160014 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 614 PM MDT THU AUG 15 2013 NMC009-160030- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130816T0030Z/ CURRY- 614 PM MDT THU AUG 15 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT... AT 609 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLOVIS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CLOVIS AROUND 625 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. && LAT...LON 3450 10315 3449 10310 3439 10315 3442 10326 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 024DEG 15KT 3445 10315 $$
695 WWUS55 KABQ 160022 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 622 PM MDT THU AUG 15 2013 NMC009-160030- /O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130816T0030Z/ CURRY- 622 PM MDT THU AUG 15 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT... AT 620 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLOVIS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3448 10317 3447 10313 3439 10315 3442 10326 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 028DEG 15KT 3442 10317 $$
175 WWUS55 KABQ 160039 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 639 PM MDT THU AUG 15 2013 NMC009-160049- /O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130816T0030Z/ CURRY- 639 PM MDT THU AUG 15 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3448 10317 3447 10313 3439 10315 3442 10326 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 028DEG 15KT 3442 10317 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 8:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 113 min |
| Aug 16, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 2:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 115 min |
| Aug 16, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 3:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 116 min |
| Aug 16, 4:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 4:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Mora | 112 min |
| Aug 16, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 5:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Quay | 111 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.