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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Oct 20, 2015, 12:42 PM MST for Cibola County, New Mexico. It was in force for 18 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
- Oct 20, 2015, 12:42 PM MST (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2015, 1:00 PM MST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Cibola County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 10:23 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
660
WFUS55 KABQ 201942
TORABQ
NMC006-202015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0008.151020T1942Z-151020T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
142 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 215 PM MDT
* AT 141 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF ACOMA PUEBLO...OR 11 MILES
SOUTH OF LAGUNA PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MESITA AROUND 210 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 3479 10738 3486 10751 3503 10742 3498 10721
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 210DEG 22KT 3488 10742
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SHOEMAKE2 follow-up statements
436
WWUS55 KABQ 201950
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
150 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
NMC006-202015-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151020T2015Z/
CIBOLA-
150 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY...
AT 150 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MESITA...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF LAGUNA
PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MESITA AROUND 210 PM MDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 NEAR MILE MARKER 120.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 10736 3490 10745 3502 10739 3498 10724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 210DEG 22KT 3493 10739
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SHOEMAKE507
WWUS55 KABQ 202000
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
200 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
NMC006-202009-
/O.CAN.KABQ.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151020T2015Z/
CIBOLA-
200 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CIBOLA 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 800 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.
LAT...LON 3485 10736 3490 10745 3502 10739 3498 10724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 210DEG 22KT 3498 10735
$$
SHOEMAKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 5:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 39 min |
| Oct 19, 5:22 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 113 min |
| Oct 19, 5:27 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 5:41 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 49 min | |
| Oct 19, 5:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba, San Juan | 55 min |
| Oct 19, 6:32 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 28 min |
| Oct 19, 6:44 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba, San Juan | 31 min |
| Oct 19, 7:03 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 27 min |
| Oct 19, 7:55 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 50 min |
| Oct 20, 3:36 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 49 hr | |
| Oct 20, 3:54 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Juan | 36 min |
| Oct 20, 10:02 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Catron | 43 min |
| Oct 20, 10:43 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 32 min | |
| Oct 20, 10:49 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Catron | 26 min |
| Oct 20, 10:56 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 49 min |
| Oct 20, 11:33 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 27 min |
| Oct 20, 11:46 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley | 44 min |
| Oct 20, 11:57 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 48 min |
| Oct 20, 12:07 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 23 min |
| Oct 20, 12:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro | 30 min |
| Oct 20, 12:17 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Catron | 28 min |
| Oct 20, 12:25 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 35 min |
| Oct 20, 12:37 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 38 min |
| Oct 20, 12:46 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 29 min |
| Oct 20, 12:55 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 35 min |
| Oct 20, 12:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola | 35 min |
| Oct 20, 12:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 47 min |
| Oct 20, 1:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 30 min |
| Oct 20, 1:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Oct 20, 1:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 40 min |
| Oct 20, 1:07 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 38 min |
| Oct 20, 1:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 25 min |
| Oct 20, 1:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Santa Fe | 25 min |
| Oct 20, 1:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 35 min |
| Oct 20, 1:28 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 32 min |
| Oct 20, 1:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval | 45 min |
| Oct 20, 1:33 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 27 min |
| Oct 20, 1:43 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Oct 20, 1:46 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 29 min | |
| Oct 20, 1:46 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 11 min |
| Oct 20, 1:48 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 27 min |
| Oct 20, 2:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 30 min |
| Oct 20, 2:04 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 26 min |
| Oct 20, 2:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 33 min |
| Oct 20, 2:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 30 min |
| Oct 20, 2:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 38 min |
| Oct 20, 2:28 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Oct 20, 2:31 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 29 min |
| Oct 20, 2:34 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 26 min |
| Oct 20, 2:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 25 min |
| Oct 20, 2:54 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 51 min |
| Oct 20, 3:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 48 min |
| Oct 20, 3:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance, Valencia | 23 min |
| Oct 20, 3:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Oct 20, 3:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 25 min |
| Oct 20, 4:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 43 min |
| Oct 20, 4:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Oct 20, 4:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Torrance | 2 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:36 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln, Torrance | 39 min |
| Oct 20, 4:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 45 min |
| Oct 20, 4:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 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.