Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
501 follow-up statement
244
WWUS55 KABQ 070127
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
727 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016
NMC057-070136-
/O.CAN.KABQ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160607T0200Z/
TORRANCE-
727 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 730 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 3478 10569 3479 10558 3457 10548 3456 10580
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 357DEG 9KT 3467 10562
$$
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 6:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 7:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 7:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 114 min |
| Jun 6, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 8:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 113 min |
| Jun 6, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 12:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 24 min | |
| Jun 7, 1:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 4:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 39 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.