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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 8, 2014Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2014, 2:40 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 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 8, 2014, 2:40 PM MDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 8, 3:25 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG7 E Encinoso, NMRICHARDSON CANYON AREA. 2 HOMES DESTROYED... 5 DAMAGED
Jun 8, 3:25 PM MDTTORNADO7 E Encinoso, NMRICHARDSON CANYON AREA. 2 HOMES DESTROYED... 5 DAMAGED

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 8, 1:55 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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.

890 
WFUS55 KABQ 082040
TORABQ
NMC027-082115-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0022.140608T2040Z-140608T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
240 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 236 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ARABELA...OR ABOUT 32 MILES EAST OF CARRIZOZO...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARABELA...
  RURAL CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3360 10490 3337 10515 3363 10543 3379 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 301DEG 16KT 3369 10531

$$
1 follow-up statement
570 
WWUS55 KABQ 082109
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
309 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

NMC027-082119-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140608T2115Z/
LINCOLN NM-
309 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 315
PM MDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS...
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3360 10490 3337 10515 3363 10543 3379 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 301DEG 16KT 3362 10518

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:03 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves, Lincoln27 min
Jun 7, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay54 min
Jun 7, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel67 min
Jun 7, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe65 min
Jun 7, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay29 min
Jun 7, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union25 min
Jun 7, 6:39 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves51 min
Jun 7, 6:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Quay, San Miguel2 hr
Jun 7, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Quay12 min
Jun 7, 6:48 PM MDTTornado WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay27 min
Jun 7, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln59 min
Jun 7, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay57 min
Jun 7, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union30 min
Jun 7, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Harding, San Miguel44 min
Jun 7, 7:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay, San Miguel42 min
Jun 7, 7:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Los Alamos, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe114 min
Jun 7, 7:24 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves36 min
Jun 7, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance59 min
Jun 7, 7:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves42 min
Jun 7, 7:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel119 min
Jun 7, 7:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves113 min
Jun 7, 7:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Harding, San Miguel2 hr
Jun 7, 8:03 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCurry27 min
Jun 7, 8:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel64 min
Jun 7, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves61 min
Jun 7, 9:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt57 min
Jun 7, 9:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves62 min
Jun 7, 10:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves85 min
Jun 7, 10:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves31 min
Jun 7, 10:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca60 min
Jun 7, 11:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves54 min
Jun 7, 11:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca89 min
Jun 7, 11:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Roosevelt62 min
Jun 7, 11:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves93 min
Jun 7, 11:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves49 min
Jun 8, 1:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora68 min
Jun 8, 1:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln34 min
Jun 8, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln60 min
Jun 8, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora59 min
Jun 8, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln55 min
Jun 8, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance22 min
Jun 8, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel57 min
Jun 8, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax15 min
Jun 8, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln65 min
Jun 8, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax42 min
Jun 8, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel45 min
Jun 8, 4:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln2 hr
Jun 8, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel26 min
Jun 8, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union22 min
Jun 8, 4:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel115 min
Jun 8, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln53 min
Jun 8, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel19 min
Jun 8, 4:58 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, Mora32 min
Jun 8, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union53 min
Jun 8, 5:27 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel33 min
Jun 8, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves32 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.