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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 16, 1992Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1992, 9:05 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 70 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: Jul 16, 1992, 9:05 PM MDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 1992, 10:15 PM MDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Chaves County, NM

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 16, 10:10 PM MDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Chaves, 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, Jul 16, 3:49 PM MDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-162250-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
738 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM
CDT...

AT 426 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR
BIG LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS
WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TO WEST
OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND FLOODING IN LOW-LYING PLACES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:54 PM MDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-162250-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
438 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM
CDT...

AT 426 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR
BIG LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS
WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TO WEST
OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND FLOODING IN LOW-LYING PLACES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:42 PM MDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	59 min
Jul 16, 8:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Terrell	69 min
Jul 16, 11:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Reeves	60 min
Jul 17, 12:29 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Reeves	61 min
Jul 17, 1:29 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves	2 hr
Jul 16, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Chaves	59 min
Jul 16, 8:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Chaves	60 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.