Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1992, 8:17 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1992, 8:17 PM MDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1992, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eddy County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 080220 FFWROW NMC015-080415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM 817 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...EDDY COUNTY REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE WESTERN PORTION OF EDDY COUNTY NEAR HOPE WITH FLOOD WATERS MOVING DOWNSTREAM TOWARDS ARTESIA. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY. FLOODING MAY ALREADY BE OCCURING OR IS IMMINENT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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, Jun 7, 3:47 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-072245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 445 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. AT 425 PM CDT... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN FAR WEST TEXAS FROM BETWEEN BALMORHEA AND FORT DAVIS EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND MARATHON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN BALMORHEA AND FORT DAVIS AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 645 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND ALSO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 625 PM CDT... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SOUTH OF ROSWELL AND EXTENDED INTO WEST TEXAS FROM BETWEEN VAN HORN AND KENT SOUTHEAST TO BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD AND SANDERSON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING 15 MILES NORTH OF LONGFELLOW. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR VFURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 745 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND ALSO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 725 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED SOUTH FROM ROSWELL TO NEAR CARSLBAD NEW MEXICO AND INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS TO BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD AND LONGFELLOW. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR ARTESIA NEW MEXICO AND NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:47 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 845 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND ALSO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 825 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED SOUTH FROM ROSWELL TO NEAR CARSLBAD NEW MEXICO AND INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS TO NEAR MARATHON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO AND NORTH OF SARAGOSA TEXAS. ELSEWHERE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED NEAR SNYDER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 82 min |
| Jun 7, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 9:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves, Eddy | 73 min |
| Jun 8, 3:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 63 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.