Tornado Warning 10, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Sep 15, 2016, 1:52 PM MDT (19:52 UTC)

Expired

Sep 15, 2016, 2:15 PM MDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.5 in

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS55 KABQ 151952
TORABQ
NMC005-027-152015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0010.160915T1952Z-160915T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
152 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 215 PM MDT.

* AT 152 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PICACHO...OR 24 MILES
  WEST OF ROSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 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
  EASTERN LINCOLN AND CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES.

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 3337 10506 3345 10506 3352 10471 3328 10471
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 267DEG 22KT 3343 10495 

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

$$

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358 
WWUS55 KABQ 152014
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
214 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

NMC005-027-152022-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160915T2015Z/
LINCOLN-CHAVES-
214 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND CENTRAL CHAVES
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LINCOLN AND WEST CENTRAL
CHAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.


LAT...LON 3337 10506 3345 10506 3352 10471 3328 10471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 267DEG 22KT 3343 10495 

$$

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