Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1992, 7:19 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1992, 7:19 PM MDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1992, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Guadalupe County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 210121 SVRABQ NMC019-047-021-210215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 719 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ...GUADALUPE COUNTY...SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...HARDING COUNTY AT 715 PM MDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM 15 MILES FROM MOSQUERO TO 15 MILES NORTH OF CLINES CORNERS. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS 10 TO 20 MILES WIDE AND IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 4 hours 45 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, 4 hours 44 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, 3 hours 48 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, 2 hours 44 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, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 43 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, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.