Tornado Warning 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Sep 15, 2016, 2:04 PM MDT (20:04 UTC)

Expired

Sep 15, 2016, 2:30 PM MDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.75 in

County Chaves County, NM

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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298 
WFUS55 KABQ 152004
TORABQ
NMC005-152030-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0011.160915T2004Z-160915T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 230 PM MDT.

* AT 204 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUNKEN...OR 36 MILES
  EAST OF CLOUDCROFT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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
  SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES 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 3290 10521 3301 10517 3301 10478 3296 10480
      3296 10484 3281 10484 3275 10486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 284DEG 20KT 3295 10512 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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205 
WWUS55 KABQ 152019
SVSABQ

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

NMC005-152030-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160915T2030Z/
CHAVES-
219 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY...
    
AT 219 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUNKEN...OR 38 MILES EAST OF
CLOUDCROFT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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
SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES 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 3290 10521 3301 10517 3297 10488 3296 10484
      3281 10484 3275 10486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 300DEG 13KT 3292 10508 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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354 
WWUS55 KABQ 152031
SVSABQ

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

NMC005-152040-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160915T2030Z/
CHAVES-
231 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM.
THIS STORM MAY REINTENSITY. 

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

LAT...LON 3290 10521 3301 10517 3297 10488 3296 10484
      3281 10484 3275 10486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 284DEG 20KT 3292 10508 

$$

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