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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 9, 2015Socorro County, New Mexico

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2015-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2015-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
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

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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

$$

GUYER
2 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

$$

GUYER
130 
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 

$$

GUYER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln28 min
Jul 8, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax51 min
Jul 8, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca27 min
Jul 8, 6:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Roosevelt112 min
Jul 8, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ30 min
Jul 8, 8:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln23 min
Jul 9, 3:41 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Guadalupe2 hr
Jul 9, 1:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, San Miguel116 min
Jul 9, 1:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro114 min
Jul 9, 1:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves2 hr
Jul 9, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro22 min
Jul 9, 2:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, Valencia2 hr
Jul 9, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro16 min
Jul 9, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt28 min
Jul 9, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro31 min
Jul 9, 3:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro84 min
Jul 9, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca15 min
Jul 9, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding29 min
Jul 9, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo34 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel45 min
Jul 9, 4:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo88 min
Jul 9, 4:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry25 min
Jul 9, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion31 min
Jul 9, 4:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt114 min
Jul 9, 4:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, Socorro117 min
Jul 9, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay9 min
Jul 9, 4:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, San Miguel109 min
Jul 9, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion30 min
Jul 9, 5:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel112 min
Jul 9, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay44 min
Jul 9, 5:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Roosevelt115 min
Jul 9, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt34 min
Jul 9, 5:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQUnion3 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.