Tornado Warning 12, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Sep 15, 2016, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)

Expired

Sep 15, 2016, 3:15 PM MDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.5 in

County Chaves County, NM

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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805 
WFUS55 KABQ 152037
TORABQ
NMC005-152115-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0012.160915T2037Z-160915T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
237 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 315 PM MDT.

* AT 237 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUNKEN...OR 36 MILES
  WEST OF ARTESIA...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
  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 3288 10512 3302 10512 3298 10480 3296 10480
      3296 10484 3284 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 265DEG 22KT 3294 10503 

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

$$

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466 
WWUS55 KABQ 152055
SVSABQ

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

NMC005-152115-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160915T2115Z/
CHAVES-
255 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY...
    
AT 255 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUNKEN...OR 30 MILES WEST OF
ARTESIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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 3288 10509 3301 10501 3298 10480 3296 10480
      3296 10484 3284 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 276DEG 23KT 3291 10492 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

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122 
WWUS55 KABQ 152113
SVSABQ

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

NMC005-152123-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160915T2115Z/
CHAVES-
313 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 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 SMALL HAIL... GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3288 10509 3301 10501 3298 10480 3296 10480
      3296 10484 3284 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 265DEG 22KT 3291 10492 

$$

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