Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1992, 8:43 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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 12, 1992, 8:43 PM MDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1992, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:55 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Lea, 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, 2.7 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
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 12, 3:54 PM MDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-122250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 446 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 9 PM MDT...10 PM CDT... AT 428 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WEST OF MARATHON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A RAINSHOWER HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN SEMINOLE AND LAMESA. MOVEMENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO USING A CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO xSTRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-130050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 640 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 9 PM MDT...10 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED INTO RADAR RANGE AND WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BIG BEND. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED FROM SOUTH OF MARFA TO SOUTH OF MARATHON. MOVEMENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. ADVANCE PLANNING DURING A WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY KNOWS WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 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.