Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1992, 6:09 PM MDT for Harding County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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, 1992, 6:09 PM MDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harding County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:20 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Harding, 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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, 2:34 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 235 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 230 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUED WEST OF TAOS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN SHOWERS WERE OVER THE NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR CUBA AND RUIDOSO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 235 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 230 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUED WEST OF TAOS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN SHOWERS WERE OVER THE NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR CUBA AND RUIDOSO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 335 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 330 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...WERE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN SHOWERS WERE FROM RATON TO CLAYTON...WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF ALBUQUERQUE AND EAST OF SANTA ROSA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CLOVIS AND SOUTH OF WHITE SANDS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 435 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 430 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTH OF SPRINGER. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WERE NORTH OF ESPANOLA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE...WEST OF BELEN AND OVER CORONA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IN FAR WEST TEXAS...WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM WEST OF GUADALUPE PEAK TO MARFA AND ALPINE. ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHWEST OF GUADALUPE PEAK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:29 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 535 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 430 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTH OF SPRINGER. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WERE NORTH OF ESPANOLA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE...WEST OF BELEN AND OVER CORONA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IN FAR WEST TEXAS...WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM WEST OF GUADALUPE PEAK TO MARFA AND ALPINE. ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHWEST OF GUADALUPE PEAK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:36 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 535 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 430 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTH OF SPRINGER. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WERE NORTH OF ESPANOLA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE...WEST OF BELEN AND OVER CORONA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IN FAR WEST TEXAS...WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM WEST OF GUADALUPE PEAK TO MARFA AND ALPINE. ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHWEST OF GUADALUPE PEAK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.