Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 6, 2016, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Hail

2.5 in

County Torrance County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS55 KABQ 070049
TORABQ
NMC057-070115-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.160607T0049Z-160607T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
649 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 649 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF ENCINO...OR 22 MILES EAST OF ESTANCIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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
  EAST CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3480 10571 3481 10555 3463 10549 3460 10577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 355DEG 12KT 3474 10566 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

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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.