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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2021, 2:17 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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
- May 30, 2021, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Lincoln County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:33 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Tinnie, NM | |
| May 30, 2:34 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Tinnie, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 11:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
599
WFUS55 KABQ 302017
TORABQ
NMC027-302100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0011.210530T2017Z-210530T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
217 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Lincoln County in central New Mexico...
* Until 300 PM MDT.
* At 217 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Tinnie, or 25 miles east of Ruidoso, moving east
at 10 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Tinnie around 230 PM MDT.
Sunset around 300 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 3323 10526 3334 10533 3344 10512 3330 10502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 250DEG 9KT 3333 10524
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
152 follow-up statements
992
WWUS55 KABQ 302040
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
240 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
NMC027-302100-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210530T2100Z/
Lincoln-
240 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 240 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles east of Tinnie, or 33 miles east of Ruidoso,
moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Sunset around 250 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3326 10516 3337 10525 3344 10512 3330 10502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 255DEG 7KT 3335 10511
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
15022
WWUS55 KABQ 302054
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
254 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
NMC027-302104-
/O.EXP.KABQ.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210530T2100Z/
Lincoln-
254 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
300 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM MDT for
central New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3326 10516 3337 10525 3344 10512 3330 10502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 250DEG 9KT 3336 10507
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 47 min |
| May 29, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 25 min |
| May 29, 7:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 24 min |
| May 29, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 30 min |
| May 29, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora | 33 min |
| May 29, 7:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 32 min |
| May 29, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 15 min |
| May 29, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 25 min |
| May 29, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 62 min |
| May 29, 8:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 108 min |
| May 29, 9:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 33 min |
| May 29, 10:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 39 min |
| May 29, 10:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 32 min |
| May 29, 10:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 3 hr |
| May 29, 10:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 62 min |
| May 29, 11:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 29 min |
| May 29, 11:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 49 min |
| May 30, 12:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 20 min |
| May 30, 3:29 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 19 hr |
| May 30, 5:49 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 26 min |
| May 30, 6:19 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 26 min |
| May 30, 6:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 23 min |
| May 30, 7:47 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 28 min |
| May 30, 7:52 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| May 30, 8:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 44 min |
| May 30, 8:50 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| May 30, 8:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 46 min |
| May 30, 10:24 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 36 min |
| May 30, 11:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 30, 11:38 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 22 min |
| May 30, 11:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 30, 12:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 30, 12:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 30, 12:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 32 min |
| May 30, 12:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 23 min |
| May 30, 12:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Taos | 59 min |
| May 30, 12:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 36 min |
| May 30, 1:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance | 3 hr |
| May 30, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 30 min |
| May 30, 1:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 30, 1:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 24 min |
| May 30, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt | 16 min |
| May 30, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 29 min |
| May 30, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 58 min |
| May 30, 1:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 24 min |
| May 30, 1:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 30, 1:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance | 3 hr |
| May 30, 1:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Taos | 3 hr |
| May 30, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 56 min |
| May 30, 1:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 25 min |
| May 30, 2:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 25 min |
| May 30, 2:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 64 min |
| May 30, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 30 min |
| May 30, 2:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 30, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 30 min | |
| May 30, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 24 min |
| May 30, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 21 min |
| May 30, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 28 min |
| May 30, 2:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 39 min |
| May 30, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 23 min |
| May 30, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 30, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 23 min |
| May 30, 3:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 52 min |
| May 30, 3:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 44 min |
| May 30, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 30, 3:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 112 min |
| May 30, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 46 min |
| May 30, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 40 min |
| May 30, 4:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 24 min |
| May 30, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 28 min |
| May 30, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 34 min |
| May 30, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 60 min |
| May 30, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 26 min |
| May 30, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 26 min |
| May 30, 5:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| May 30, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 60 min |
| May 30, 5:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 29 min |
| May 30, 5:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 117 min |
| May 30, 5:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 3 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.