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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 29, 2015Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2015, 6:53 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 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: May 29, 2015, 6:53 PM MDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2015, 7:17 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
May 29, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

518 
WFUS55 KABQ 300053
TORABQ
NMC041-300130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.150530T0053Z-150530T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
653 PM MDT FRI MAY 29 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
    
* AT 653 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PEP...OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PEP AROUND 710 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3373 10348 3380 10349 3386 10345 3384 10321
      3368 10328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 284DEG 12KT 3380 10341 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

GUYER

2 follow-up statements

161 
WWUS55 KABQ 300112
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
712 PM MDT FRI MAY 29 2015

NMC041-300130-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150530T0130Z/
ROOSEVELT-
712 PM MDT FRI MAY 29 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY...
    
AT 712 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MILNESAND...OR 31 MILES NORTH OF TATUM...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3373 10348 3380 10349 3386 10345 3384 10321
      3368 10328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 308DEG 14KT 3371 10337 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

GUYER

224 
WWUS55 KABQ 300117
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
717 PM MDT FRI MAY 29 2015

NMC041-300127-
/O.CAN.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150530T0130Z/
ROOSEVELT-
717 PM MDT FRI MAY 29 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3373 10348 3380 10349 3386 10345 3384 10321
      3368 10328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 284DEG 12KT 3371 10335 

$$

GUYER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 6:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	60 min
May 29, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	46 min
May 29, 6:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	53 min
May 29, 7:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Curry	84 min
May 29, 7:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
May 29, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	36 min
May 29, 11:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	29 min
May 30, 12:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	49 min
May 30, 12:51 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	114 min
May 30, 1:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	48 min
May 30, 1:48 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	42 min
May 30, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	49 min
May 30, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	46 min
May 30, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	52 min
May 30, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	47 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.