Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1992, 9:16 PM CDT for Brewster County, Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1992, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brewster County, TX, Presidio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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
Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:16 PM CDT, 6 hours before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO, TX 214 PM MDT SUN JUN 07 1992 DEMING NM POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT ONE LIGHTNING INJURY AT APPROXIMATELY 151 PM MDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA HAVE KNOCKED OUT POWER AND PHONE SERVICE TO MANY AREAS. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
NMC013-029-035-TXC043-109-141-229-243-377-072215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 319 PM MDT (419 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FAR WEST TEXAS AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING BREWSTER...CULBERSON...HUDSPETH...JEFF DAVIS... PRESIDIO COUNTIES IN TEXAS AND OTERO COUTNY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 9 PM MDT... STRONG THUNDERSTOMRS CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 315 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN LAS CRUCES AND HATCH NEW MEXICO. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL PASO AND NEAR THE RIO GRANDE SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA BLANCA IN TEXAS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED IN THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. ONE PERSON IN DEMING WAS REPORTED INJURED BY LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON. ...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 LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMETNS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS....
Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO, TX 329 PM MDT SUN JUN 07 1992 FOLLOW UP ON LIGHTNING INJURY IN DEMING NM THIS AFTERNOON. 16 YEAR OLD FEMALE RIDING HORSE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING AT APPROXIMATELY 151 PM MDT. INJURED PERSON WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. HORSE WAS KILLED BY THE LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
NMC035-TXC043-109-229-243-377-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 526 PM MDT (626 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR HUDSPETH AND CULBERSON COUNTIES IN TEXAS AND OTERO COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 9 PM MDT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BREWSTER...JEFF DAVIS AND PRESIDIO COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM THE ALAMOGRODO/CLOUDCROFT AREA OF NEW MEXICO SOUTHEAST TO THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AREA OF WEST TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN NORTHEAST OTERO COUNTY NEW MEXICO NEAR THE TOWN OF MAYHILL...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING THE CORNUDAS/DELL CITY VICINITY...THE CITY OF SIERRA BLANCA AND THE CITY OF MARFA IN WEST TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...LIGHTING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. ...REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOS OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TH THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NMC035-TXC043-109-229-243-377-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 625 PM MDT (725 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR HUDSPETH AND CULBERSON COUNTIES IN TEXAS AND OTERO COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 9 PM MDT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BREWSTER...JEFF DAVIS AND PRESIDIO COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATES A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTEND FROM THE ALAMOGRODO/CLOUDCROFT AREA OF NEW MEXICO SOUTHEAST TO THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AREA OF WEST TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN OTERO COUNTY NEW MEXICO EAST OF ALAMOGORDO AND NEAR THE TOWN OF MAYHILL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE VICINITY OF THE CORNUDAS/DELL CITY VICINITY MOVING TOWARD THE GUADALUPE NATIONAL PARK ON HIGHWAY 62/180...AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE CITIES OF SIERRA BLANCA AND VAN HORN IN WEST TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...LIGHTING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. ...REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOS OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TH THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:28 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
NMC035-TXC043-109-229-243-377-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 725 PM MDT (825 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR HUDSPETH AND CULBERSON COUNTIES IN TEXAS AND OTERO COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 9 PM MDT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BREWSTER...JEFF DAVIS AND PRESIDIO COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATES THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN OTERO COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAVE MOVED EAST INTO CHAVEZ AND EDDY COUNTIES NEW MEXICO. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS REMAIN OVER OTERO COUNTY WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE GUADALUPE NATIONAL PARK AREA. IN WEST TEXAS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN FROM THE DELL CITY/GUADALUPE NATIONAL PARK AREA ON HIGHWAY 62/180 SOUTH THROUGH THE MARFA AREA TO THE VICINITY OF THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF EL PASO AND IN THE VICINITY OF SIERRE BLANCA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...LIGHTING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. ...REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOS OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TH THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EPZ | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 66 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.