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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 6, 2014Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 5:42 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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 6, 2014, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Curry County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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 6, 5:53 PM MDTTORNADO7 Wnw Clovis, NM
Jun 6, 6:01 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 611 N Clovis, NMSCHOOLNET SITE.
Jun 6, 6:10 PM MDTHAIL 1.753 Ne Clovis, NM
Jun 6, 6:15 PM MDTHAIL 1.252 Nnw Clovis, NM

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 6, 2:43 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-507 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

352 
WFUS55 KABQ 062342
TORABQ
NMC009-070015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0008.140606T2342Z-140607T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  RANCHVALE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLOVIS...MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PLEASANT HILL AROUND 605 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 900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3439 10339 3452 10342 3463 10303 3443 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 260DEG 28KT 3449 10330

$$


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1 follow-up statement
133 
WWUS55 KABQ 062352
SVSABQ

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

NMC009-070015-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140607T0015Z/
CURRY NM-
552 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY...

AT 551 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF RANCHVALE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTH OF CLOVIS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLEASANT HILL...

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 3440 10332 3453 10338 3463 10303 3443 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 260DEG 28KT 3450 10321

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion31 min
Jun 5, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion55 min
Jun 5, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion20 min
Jun 5, 8:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe33 min
Jun 5, 8:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax31 min
Jun 5, 8:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union58 min
Jun 5, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion33 min
Jun 5, 8:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQUnion114 min
Jun 5, 8:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel35 min
Jun 6, 12:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel40 min
Jun 6, 1:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel46 min
Jun 6, 2:13 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel47 min
Jun 6, 12:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax50 min
Jun 6, 12:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax66 min
Jun 6, 1:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax40 min
Jun 6, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax46 min
Jun 6, 2:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora50 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax47 min
Jun 6, 2:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax29 min
Jun 6, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance50 min
Jun 6, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax66 min
Jun 6, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora48 min
Jun 6, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax44 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ50 min
Jun 6, 3:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax2 hr
Jun 6, 3:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel119 min
Jun 6, 3:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance114 min
Jun 6, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora33 min
Jun 6, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca44 min
Jun 6, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union44 min
Jun 6, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora52 min
Jun 6, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt46 min
Jun 6, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca42 min
Jun 6, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln38 min
Jun 6, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax43 min
Jun 6, 4:38 PM MDTTornado WarningABQColfax, Union37 min
Jun 6, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay47 min
Jun 6, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding43 min
Jun 6, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding39 min
Jun 6, 4:56 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, Mora34 min
Jun 6, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt60 min
Jun 6, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel44 min
Jun 6, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Quay, Roosevelt43 min
Jun 6, 5:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel117 min
Jun 6, 5:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Lincoln, Quay114 min
Jun 6, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ39 min
Jun 6, 5:09 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCurry36 min
Jun 6, 5:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel, Union2 hr
Jun 6, 5:12 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union33 min
Jun 6, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay46 min
Jun 6, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union39 min
Jun 6, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union23 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora, Union27 min
Jun 6, 5:35 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union40 min
Jun 6, 5:37 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding38 min
Jun 6, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt50 min
Jun 6, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca34 min
Jun 6, 5:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel118 min
Jun 6, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt55 min
Jun 6, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt50 min
Jun 6, 5:58 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt32 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.