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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2021, 5:44 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Chaves County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:35 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | Dexter, NM | |
| May 30, 5:40 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Greenfield, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 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.
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WFUS55 KABQ 302315
TORABQ
NMC005-310000-
/O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0014.210530T2315Z-210531T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
515 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 600 PM MDT.
* At 515 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 10 miles west of
Dexter, or 13 miles south of Roswell, moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
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.
* The tornado will be near...
Roswell Correctional Facility around 535 PM MDT.
Dexter and Greenfield around 600 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3317 10461 3324 10457 3323 10431 3301 10440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 300DEG 6KT 3318 10455
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
122 follow-up statements
581
WWUS55 KABQ 302332
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
532 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
NMC005-310000-
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210531T0000Z/
Chaves-
532 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
CHAVES COUNTY...
At 532 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Dexter, or 14 miles south of Roswell,
moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Dexter and Greenfield around 615 PM MDT.
This includes Highway 285 between Mile Markers 84 and 95.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3309 10451 3323 10445 3323 10431 3301 10440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 300DEG 6KT 3317 10452
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
12564
WWUS55 KABQ 302344
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
544 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
NMC005-302353-
/O.CAN.KABQ.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210531T0000Z/
Chaves-
544 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
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.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
southeastern New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3309 10451 3323 10445 3323 10431 3301 10440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 300DEG 6KT 3316 10450
$$
12The 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, 2:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 43 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, 5:18 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.