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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 17, 2021Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2021, 1:22 PM MDT for Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 23 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: May 17, 2021, 1:22 PM MDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2021, 1:45 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

533 
WFUS55 KABQ 171922
TORABQ
NMC043-049-171945-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0001.210517T1922Z-210517T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
122 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Sandoval County in north central New Mexico...
  West central Santa Fe County in north central New Mexico...

* Until 145 PM MDT.
    
* At 121 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Madrid, or 20 miles northeast of Bernalillo,
  moving north at 5 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...
  Santo Domingo Pueblo, La Bajada and Domingo around 145 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 3545 10615 3541 10628 3555 10638 3560 10620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 161DEG 5KT 3546 10624 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

721 
WWUS55 KABQ 171937
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
137 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021

NMC043-049-171947-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210517T1945Z/
Sandoval-Santa Fe-
137 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL AND WEST CENTRAL
SANTA FE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 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 3545 10615 3541 10628 3555 10638 3560 10620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 161DEG 5KT 3460 10543 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	35 min
May 16, 6:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
May 16, 6:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
May 16, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	12 min
May 16, 7:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	30 min
May 16, 7:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	23 min
May 16, 7:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	42 min
May 17, 11:51 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	24 min
May 17, 12:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	25 min
May 17, 12:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	59 min
May 17, 12:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	35 min
May 17, 12:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	33 min
May 17, 12:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	29 min
May 17, 12:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	53 min
May 17, 1:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	27 min
May 17, 1:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	35 min
May 17, 1:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	62 min
May 17, 1:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	28 min
May 17, 1:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	113 min
May 17, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
May 17, 2:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	24 min
May 17, 2:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	31 min
May 17, 2:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	33 min
May 17, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	27 min
May 17, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	36 min
May 17, 2:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	26 min
May 17, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, Taos	17 min
May 17, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
May 17, 3:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	58 min
May 17, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	8 min
May 17, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	36 min
May 17, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	31 min
May 17, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	23 min
May 17, 3:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	26 min
May 17, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	46 min
May 17, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	55 min
May 17, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	34 min
May 17, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, Union	61 min
May 17, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	61 min
May 17, 4:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	26 min
May 17, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	36 min
May 17, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	44 min
May 17, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union	60 min
May 17, 4:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	111 min
May 17, 4:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Quay	38 min
May 17, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	51 min
May 17, 4:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	63 min
May 17, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	31 min
May 17, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	60 min
May 17, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	21 min
May 17, 5:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Quay, Union	14 min
May 17, 5:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	32 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.