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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 20, 2017Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2017, 5:56 PM MDT for Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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 20, 2017, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2017, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 11.9 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: 640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

316 
WFUS55 KABQ 202356
TORABQ
NMC033-047-210030-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0022.170620T2356Z-170621T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
556 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2017

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...
  Southeastern Mora County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 556 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles south of Wagon Mound, moving south 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
  north central San Miguel and southeastern Mora Counties.

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 3593 10470 3591 10456 3571 10460 3576 10488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 019DEG 8KT 3588 10467 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

259 
WWUS55 KABQ 210007
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
607 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2017

NMC033-047-210030-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170621T0030Z/
San Miguel-Mora-
607 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTIES...
    
At 606 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles north of Maes, or 13 miles south of Wagon Mound,
moving south at 30 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
north central San Miguel and southeastern Mora Counties.

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 3593 10470 3591 10456 3571 10460 3575 10478
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 349DEG 26KT 3582 10463 

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

$$

34

868 
WWUS55 KABQ 210022
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
622 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2017

NMC033-047-210031-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170621T0030Z/
San Miguel-Mora-
622 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND SOUTHEASTERN
MORA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and 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.

LAT...LON 3593 10470 3591 10456 3571 10460 3575 10478
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 019DEG 8KT 3580 10464 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 12:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	35 min
Jun 20, 1:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	40 min
Jun 20, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	41 min
Jun 20, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	48 min
Jun 20, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	46 min
Jun 20, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	29 min
Jun 20, 2:55 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ		52 hr
Jun 20, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	41 min
Jun 20, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	52 min
Jun 20, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	28 min
Jun 20, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	42 min
Jun 20, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	14 min
Jun 20, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	35 min
Jun 20, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	45 min
Jun 20, 5:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		28 min
Jun 20, 5:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	40 min
Jun 20, 5:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		38 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.