Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1992, 7:13 PM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 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
- May 31, 1992, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1992, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:45 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Roosevelt, NM | |
| May 31, 8:15 PM MDT | Hail 2.75 | Roosevelt, 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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, May 31, 1:39 PM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-312030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 237 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 230 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO FORM ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CANADIAN SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF PAMPA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS JUST WEST OF PAMPA NEAR SKELLYTOWN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HOUR FROM MORSE SOUTHWEST TO STINETT AND FOUR WAY. ^ ELSEWHERE...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS CIMARRON COUNTY OF THE WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON NEAR PASAMONTE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:39 PM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-312130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 337 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 330 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY BETWEEN CONWAY AND CLAUDE AND SOUTHWEST OF CLAUDE. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...STRETCHED FROM WEST OF FOLLET SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SPEARMAN AND STINNETT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO FROM NORTH OF CLAYTON SOUTH TO NEAR ROSEBUD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO... REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONsS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-312230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 441 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 430 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN ARMSTRONG...SOUTHERN CARSON...AND NORTHEAST HUTCHINSON COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF STINNETT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF BEAVER IN THE EAST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR STINNETT AND FOUR WAY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HOUR ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR INTO WESTERN DALLAM AND HARTLEY COUNTIES OF THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO... REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.