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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 6, 2016Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2016, 7:13 PM MDT for Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 14 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
Jun 6, 2016, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2016, 7:27 PM MDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

County Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2016-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2016-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

659 
WFUS55 KABQ 070113
TORABQ
NMC057-070200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0003.160607T0113Z-160607T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
713 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 800 PM MDT
    
* AT 713 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF ENCINO...OR 24 MILES WEST OF
  VAUGHN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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
  EAST CENTRAL TORRANCE 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3478 10569 3479 10558 3457 10548 3456 10580
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 357DEG 9KT 3470 10562 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
244 
WWUS55 KABQ 070127
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
727 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

NMC057-070136-
/O.CAN.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160607T0200Z/
TORRANCE-
727 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 730 PM MDT. 

LAT...LON 3478 10569 3479 10558 3457 10548 3456 10580
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 357DEG 9KT 3467 10562 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo25 min
Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Union2 hr
Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance49 min
Jun 6, 6:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance33 min
Jun 6, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance44 min
Jun 6, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance48 min
Jun 6, 6:49 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABQTorrance26 min
Jun 6, 7:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance2 hr
Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo30 min
Jun 6, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance42 min
Jun 6, 7:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe114 min
Jun 6, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance44 min
Jun 6, 8:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance113 min
Jun 6, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance28 min
Jun 7, 12:36 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ24 min
Jun 7, 1:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding44 min
Jun 7, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel23 min
Jun 7, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro51 min
Jun 7, 3:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel41 min
Jun 7, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion49 min
Jun 7, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion28 min
Jun 7, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia26 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax31 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion38 min
Jun 7, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel38 min
Jun 7, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel39 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.