Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1991, 6:12 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1991, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1991, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:42 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Lea, NM | |
| Jun 20, 6:52 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Lea, NM |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-202250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 436 PM CDT THU JUN 20 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO... AT 425 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF ALPINE. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-202350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 540 PM CDT THU JUN 20 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 512 PM CDT (412 PM MDT)... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO... AT 525 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR PECOS...FORT DAVIS AND ALPINE. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 15} MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:48 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-210050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 640 PM CDT THU JUN 20 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 11 PM CDT (10 PM MDT)... AT 625 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE NEAR FORT DAVIS AND PECOS. IN NEW MEXICO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NORTHWEST OF TATUM..SOUTHEAST OF MALJAMAR AND NORTHWEST OF JAL. THUNDER- STORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS...THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNE5D TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 69 min |
| Jun 21, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 6:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.