Tornado Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Sep 15, 2016, 12:07 AM MDT (06:07 UTC)

Expired

Sep 15, 2016, 12:30 AM MDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.5 in

County Roosevelt County, NM

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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858 
WFUS55 KABQ 150607
TORABQ
NMC041-150630-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0008.160915T0607Z-160915T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1207 AM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 1230 AM MDT.

* AT 1206 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF TOLAR...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF FORT SUMNER...MOVING EAST AT 10 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
  NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT 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 3428 10373 3430 10392 3436 10392 3442 10374
      3430 10374 3430 10373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 255DEG 11KT 3434 10388 

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

$$

CA

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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.