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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 20, 1992Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1992, 5:37 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 68 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 20, 1992, 5:37 PM MDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1992, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 6:10 PM MDTHail 1Eddy, 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 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 20, 12:43 PM MDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:37 PM MDT, 4 hours before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:29 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-202200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
330 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LEAM COUNTY
   UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

AT 325 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED FROM
SOUTH OF VAN HORN TO MARFA AND FORT DAVIS.

STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
450 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO
UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY
SCATTERED FROM MARFA TO CENTRAL HUDSPETH COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN
WAS SOUTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:00 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
550 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND
FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO INCLUDING NORTHERN LEA COUNTY
NEW MEXICO UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS
INCLUDING SCURRY COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 533 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE
WIDELY SCATTERED FROM ALPINE TO GUADALUPE PASS. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS NORTHWEST OF ALPINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST THROUGH NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK. VERY HEAVY
RAIN WAS INDICATED NEAR LITTLEFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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.