Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1992, 12:53 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 67 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
- Sep 1, 1992, 12:53 AM MDT (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1992, 2:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:06 AM MDT | Hail 1.25 | 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, 6.9 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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, Aug 31, 6:56 PM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 749 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TO SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON. RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. HAIL WAS INDICATED WEST OF WINTERS AND WEST OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED PIN LOW-LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 7:47 PM MDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 843 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 825 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TO SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON. RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NORTHEAST OF KERMIT AND SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING M.AY OCCURR IN LOW-LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 9:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1049 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...SMALL HAIL AT THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... AT 1028 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TO WEST OF SANDERSON. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. HAIL WAS INDICATED WEST OF CRANE. 1/2 INCH HAIL FELL BRIEFLY AT THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING MAY OCCURR IN LOW-LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Aug 31, 10:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...FOR AUGUST 31ST 1992...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1139 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992
TIME (CDT) COUNTY EVENT
2134 CRANE DIME SIZE HAIL 8 MILES WEST OF THE CITY
TXC 103 OF CRANE REPORTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE
OF CRANE.
2256 CRANE DIME SIZE HAIL 6 MILES WEST OF THE CITY
TXC 103 OF CRANE REPORTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE
OF CRANE.
2313 CRANE DIME SIZE HAIL 14 MILES WEST OF THE CITY
TXC 103 OF CRANE REPORTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE4
OF CRANE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 57 min |
| Aug 31, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 10:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane | 116 min |
| Aug 31, 11:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 56 min |
| Aug 31, 11:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 69 min |
| Sep 1, 12:43 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:18 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 66 min |
| Sep 1, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1992Every severe thunderstorm 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.