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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 6, 2014Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 4:56 PM MDT for Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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 6, 2014, 4:56 PM MDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2014, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 6, 2:43 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -361 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

128 
WFUS55 KABQ 062256
TORABQ
NMC021-033-062330-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0003.140606T2256Z-140606T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
456 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  EAST CENTRAL MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 448 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MILLS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF WAGON MOUND...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLS AROUND 525 PM MDT...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3621 10430 3588 10411 3585 10431 3587 10449
      3602 10456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 246DEG 19KT 3599 10443

$$

2 follow-up statements

604 
WWUS55 KABQ 062308
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
508 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

NMC021-033-062330-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140606T2330Z/
HARDING NM-MORA NM-
508 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL MORA AND WEST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTIES...

AT 500 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MILLS CANYON CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF WAGON MOUND...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLS CANYON CAMPGROUND BY 520 PM MDT...
  RIM CAMPGROUND BY 525 PM MDT...
  MILLS AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROY BY 530 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3616 10430 3593 10417 3589 10432 3592 10448
      3600 10452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 249DEG 17KT 3598 10441

$$

508 
WWUS55 KABQ 062319
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
519 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

NMC021-033-062330-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140606T2330Z/
HARDING NM-MORA NM-
519 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL MORA AND WEST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTIES...

AT 512 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ROY...
OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF WAGON MOUND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROY BY 530 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3596 10447 3606 10425 3593 10417 3589 10432
      3592 10448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 261DEG 18KT 3593 10430

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
Jun 5, 6:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	55 min
Jun 5, 7:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	20 min
Jun 5, 8:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	33 min
Jun 5, 8:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	31 min
Jun 5, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	58 min
Jun 5, 8:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	33 min
Jun 5, 8:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	114 min
Jun 5, 8:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	35 min
Jun 6, 12:50 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	40 min
Jun 6, 1:29 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	46 min
Jun 6, 2:13 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	47 min
Jun 6, 12:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	50 min
Jun 6, 12:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	66 min
Jun 6, 1:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	40 min
Jun 6, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	46 min
Jun 6, 2:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	50 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	47 min
Jun 6, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	29 min
Jun 6, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance	50 min
Jun 6, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	66 min
Jun 6, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	48 min
Jun 6, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	44 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		50 min
Jun 6, 3:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	2 hr
Jun 6, 3:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel	119 min
Jun 6, 3:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance	114 min
Jun 6, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	33 min
Jun 6, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	44 min
Jun 6, 4:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	44 min
Jun 6, 4:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	52 min
Jun 6, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	46 min
Jun 6, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	42 min
Jun 6, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln	38 min
Jun 6, 4:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	43 min
Jun 6, 4:38 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	37 min
Jun 6, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	47 min
Jun 6, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	43 min
Jun 6, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	39 min
Jun 6, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	60 min
Jun 6, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	44 min
Jun 6, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	43 min
Jun 6, 5:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel	117 min
Jun 6, 5:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Lincoln, Quay	114 min
Jun 6, 5:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		39 min
Jun 6, 5:09 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Curry	36 min
Jun 6, 5:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel, Union	2 hr
Jun 6, 5:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	33 min
Jun 6, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	46 min
Jun 6, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	39 min
Jun 6, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	23 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, Union	27 min
Jun 6, 5:35 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	40 min
Jun 6, 5:37 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding	38 min
Jun 6, 5:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	50 min
Jun 6, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	34 min
Jun 6, 5:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Curry	33 min
Jun 6, 5:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	118 min
Jun 6, 5:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	55 min
Jun 6, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	50 min
Jun 6, 5:58 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	32 min

Nearby

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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.