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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 8, 2014Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2014, 4:58 PM MDT for Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 32 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 8, 2014, 4:58 PM MDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.

941 
WFUS55 KABQ 082258
TORABQ
NMC021-033-082330-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0023.140608T2258Z-140608T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 455 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF ROY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WAGON MOUND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROY...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY AROUND 510 PM MDT
  RURAL WESTERN HARDING COUNTY AROUND 520 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3605 10419 3579 10403 3578 10461 3592 10466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 260DEG 23KT 3584 10456

$$

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, 2:40 PM MDTTornado WarningABQLincoln35 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.