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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 12, 2019De Baca County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2019, 6:12 PM MDT for De Baca County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 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: Mar 12, 2019, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2019, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties De Baca County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 12, 6:45 PM MDT	HAIL 1	6 W Fort Sumner, NM

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
Mar 12, 3:36 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

600 
WFUS55 KABQ 130012
TORABQ
NMC011-037-130045-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.190313T0012Z-190313T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
612 PM MDT TUE MAR 12 2019

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern De Baca County in east central New Mexico...
  Southwestern Quay County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 612 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 13 miles southwest of Fort Sumner, moving northeast at
  40 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...
  Fort Sumner around 630 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3420 10431 3429 10450 3472 10426 3459 10397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 210DEG 36KT 3432 10436 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

281 
WWUS55 KABQ 130022
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
622 PM MDT TUE MAR 12 2019

NMC011-037-130045-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190313T0045Z/
De Baca-Quay-
622 PM MDT TUE MAR 12 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DE BACA AND SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTIES...
    
At 621 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Fort Sumner, moving northeast at 40
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...
  Fort Sumner around 635 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3429 10428 3435 10446 3472 10426 3459 10397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 210DEG 36KT 3438 10432 

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

$$

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228 
WWUS55 KABQ 130030
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
630 PM MDT TUE MAR 12 2019

NMC011-037-130045-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190313T0045Z/
De Baca-Quay-
630 PM MDT TUE MAR 12 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DE BACA AND SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTIES...
    
At 629 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fort Sumner, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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
northeastern De Baca and southwestern Quay 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 3435 10429 3438 10444 3472 10426 3459 10397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 203DEG 38KT 3446 10433 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 6:01 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ABQ	Chaves	16 min
Mar 12, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	34 min
Mar 12, 6:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	46 min
Mar 12, 7:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	48 min
Mar 12, 7:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	6 hr

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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.