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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2015, 3:36 PM MDT for Socorro 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
- Jul 9, 2015, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2015, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Socorro County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545
WFUS55 KABQ 092136
TORABQ
NMC053-092200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0004.150709T2136Z-150709T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
336 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
* AT 335 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA JOYA...OR 17 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SOCORRO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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
NORTHEASTERN SOCORRO 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 3423 10679 3429 10684 3441 10667 3425 10660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 237DEG 16KT 3428 10678
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GUYER2 follow-up statements
917
WWUS55 KABQ 092148
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
348 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015
NMC053-092200-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150709T2200Z/
SOCORRO-
348 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTY...
AT 348 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF LA JOYA...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SOCORRO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3425 10678 3430 10680 3440 10668 3429 10662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 234DEG 16KT 3431 10673
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GUYER130
WWUS55 KABQ 092157
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
357 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015
NMC053-092206-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150709T2200Z/
SOCORRO-
357 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM MDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENDED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3425 10678 3430 10680 3440 10668 3429 10662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 237DEG 16KT 3431 10673
$$
GUYERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 6:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 6:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca, Roosevelt | 112 min |
| Jul 8, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 30 min | |
| Jul 8, 8:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 3:41 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 116 min |
| Jul 9, 1:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 114 min |
| Jul 9, 1:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 22 min |
| Jul 9, 2:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, Valencia | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 16 min |
| Jul 9, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 3:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 84 min |
| Jul 9, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 15 min |
| Jul 9, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 3:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 4:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo | 88 min |
| Jul 9, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 4:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Quay, Roosevelt | 114 min |
| Jul 9, 4:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro | 117 min |
| Jul 9, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 9 min |
| Jul 9, 4:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 109 min |
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 5:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel | 112 min |
| Jul 9, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 5:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 115 min |
| Jul 9, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 5:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Union | 3 hr |
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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.