Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 1992, 6:17 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1992, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1992, 12:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 240101 FFWMAF NMC025-240615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 717 PM CDT (617 PM MDT) SAT MAY 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT (1215 AM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...LEA COUNTY AT 715 PM CDT...MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY FROM WESTERN TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY ADD TO AN EXISTING PROBLEM. FRIDAYS RAINFALL TOTALS WERE IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES. WATER IS STILL STANDING OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE WATER STARTS TO RISE. DO NOT TRY TO TRAVEL UNLESS TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BBE EXERCISED BY ALL PERSONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 23, 4:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 545 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 544 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE BEEN IN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAVE DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AND HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. IF NEW STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 545 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 544 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE BEEN IN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAVE DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AND HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. IF NEW STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:10 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 69 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1992Every flash flood 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.