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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 1992Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1992, 5:51 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 69 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
May 24, 1992, 5:51 PM MDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1992, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 6:25 PM MDTTornado F0Eddy, 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 12:00Z, 11.9 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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, May 24, 5:32 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-250040-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
625 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS
   AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS
   AND THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TONIGHT...

AT 625 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTHWEST OF
FORT STOCKTON...NEAR PECOS...NORTHEAST OF SARAGOSA...EAST OF GUADALUPE
PASS...IN THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AND WEST OF CARLSBAD IN NEW MEXICO.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 8:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines4 hr
May 23, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell61 min
May 23, 8:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Ector4 hr
May 23, 10:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland2 hr
May 24, 2:36 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor69 min
May 24, 3:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving60 min
May 24, 4:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
May 24, 5:18 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 24, 6:17 AM MDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos58 min
May 24, 6:43 AM MDTTornado WarningMAFUpton62 min
May 24, 7:46 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton59 min
May 24, 7:53 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane67 min
May 24, 9:11 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton3 hr
May 24, 9:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton68 min
May 24, 11:48 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard3 hr
May 24, 12:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Upton3 hr
May 24, 2:50 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFPecos55 min
May 24, 4:32 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFPecos58 min
May 23, 6:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr
May 24, 5:10 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr

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.