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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 7, 1992Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1992, 6:20 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 55 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
Jun 7, 1992, 6:20 PM MDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 6:24 PM MDTHail 0.75Eddy, NM
Jun 7, 6:58 PM MDTHail 0.75Eddy, 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 338 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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, Jun 7, 3:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 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, 37 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton61 min
Jun 7, 10:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton61 min
Jun 8, 12:11 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin, Midland2 hr
Jun 8, 12:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin68 min
Jun 8, 1:27 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock2 hr
Jun 8, 2:26 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Martin3 hr
Jun 8, 1:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves44 min
Jun 8, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos62 min
Jun 8, 4:10 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFReeves65 min
Jun 8, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
Jun 8, 4:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLoving, Reeves3 hr
Jun 8, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock60 min
Jun 8, 5:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves68 min
Jun 7, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves50 min
Jun 7, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy82 min
Jun 7, 8:15 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy45 min
Jun 7, 8:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy118 min
Jun 7, 9:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy2 hr
Jun 7, 11:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy2 hr
Jun 8, 2:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves, Eddy73 min
Jun 8, 3:55 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy65 min
Jun 8, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy63 min

Nearby

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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.