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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 8, 2016Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2016, 6:02 PM MDT for Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2016, 6:02 PM MDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Mora County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 8, 6:30 PM MDT	HAIL 1	Wagon Mound, NM	PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ACCUMULATED 2 TO 3 INCHES DEEP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 3:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

182 
WFUS55 KABQ 090002
TORABQ
NMC033-090030-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0007.160709T0002Z-160709T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
602 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
    
* AT 601 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAGON MOUND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAGON MOUND AROUND 605 PM MDT. 

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 3585 10452 3578 10467 3578 10483 3594 10492
      3604 10475
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 327DEG 14KT 3596 10481 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

166 
WWUS55 KABQ 090019
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
619 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

NMC033-090030-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160709T0030Z/
MORA-
619 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY...
    
AT 619 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WAGON MOUND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

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
SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 376 AND 387.
 
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 3590 10488 3602 10472 3587 10454 3578 10466
      3578 10479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 318DEG 13KT 3592 10474 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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569 
WWUS55 KABQ 090028
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
628 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

NMC033-090038-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160709T0030Z/
MORA-
628 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM MDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3590 10488 3602 10472 3587 10454 3578 10466
      3578 10479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 327DEG 14KT 3592 10474 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 6:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		25 min
Jul 8, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	23 min
Jul 8, 6:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	2 hr
Jul 8, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	15 min
Jul 9, 3:27 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more	29 hr
Jul 9, 3:59 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ		28 hr
Jul 9, 3:59 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ		52 hr
Jul 9, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	16 min
Jul 9, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.