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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 29, 2016Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2016, 4:29 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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, 2016, 4:29 PM MDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2016, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Curry County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 12:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -344 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

620 
WFUS55 KABQ 292229
TORABQ
NMC009-292300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0001.160529T2229Z-160529T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
429 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT
    
* AT 428 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MELROSE...OR 29 MILES WEST
  OF CLOVIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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
  WEST CENTRAL CURRY 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 3448 10373 3450 10374 3458 10374 3469 10360
      3469 10358 3456 10348
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 227DEG 9KT 3455 10370 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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3 follow-up statements

407 
WWUS55 KABQ 292246
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
446 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

NMC009-292300-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160529T2300Z/
CURRY-
446 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY...
        
AT 446 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF MELROSE...OR 29 MILES WEST OF CLOVIS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 

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
WEST CENTRAL CURRY 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 3448 10373 3450 10374 3458 10374 3469 10360
      3469 10358 3456 10348
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 227DEG 5KT 3456 10369 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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940 
WWUS55 KABQ 292253
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
453 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

NMC009-292300-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160529T2300Z/
CURRY-
453 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY...
    
AT 453 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF MELROSE...OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CLOVIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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
WEST CENTRAL CURRY 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 3458 10374 3469 10360 3469 10358 3459 10357
      3454 10368 3454 10373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 218DEG 10KT 3459 10368 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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193 
WWUS55 KABQ 292259
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
459 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

NMC009-292309-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160529T2300Z/
CURRY-
459 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3458 10374 3469 10360 3469 10358 3459 10357
      3454 10368 3454 10373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 227DEG 9KT 3459 10368 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 11:15 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	45 min
May 29, 11:41 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	26 min
May 29, 12:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	38 min
May 29, 1:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		23 min
May 29, 1:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	36 min
May 29, 1:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	49 min
May 29, 1:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	23 min
May 29, 1:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	119 min
May 29, 1:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	50 min
May 29, 1:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	49 min
May 29, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
May 29, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	28 min
May 29, 2:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	25 min
May 29, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		14 min
May 29, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	25 min
May 29, 2:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	19 min
May 29, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	25 min
May 29, 3:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	31 min
May 29, 3:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	29 min
May 29, 3:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	24 min
May 29, 3:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	52 min
May 29, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	49 min
May 29, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	38 min
May 29, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	27 min
May 29, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	30 min
May 29, 4:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	50 min
May 29, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	44 min
May 29, 4:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	112 min
May 29, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	29 min
May 29, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	33 min
May 29, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	30 min
May 29, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	36 min
May 29, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	35 min
May 29, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	36 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.