Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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 30, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1992, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eddy County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:19 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Eddy, 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, 1.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 30, 3:29 PM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-302240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 425 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR WEST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO UNTIL 900 PM CDT...800 PM MDT... AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR BALMORHEA AND AROUND GUADALUPE PASS. SHOWERS WERE WEST THROUGH NORTH OF CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST5 AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-302340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 525 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR WEST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO UNTIL 900 PM CDT...800 PM MDT... AT 525 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTH OF CARLSBAD CAVERNS...NEAR ARTESIA AND NEAR GUADALUPE PASS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND BALMORHEA AND WEST THROUGH NORTH OF HOBBS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-310040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 625 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR WEST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO UNTIL 900 PM CDT...800 PM MDT... AT 625 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR BALMORHEA AND BETWEEN GUADALUPE PASS AND ORLA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NEW MEXICO FROM CARLSBAD TO NORTH OF HOBBS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:30 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-310140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 725 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR WEST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO UNTIL 900 PM CDT...800 PM MDT... AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NORTHWEST OF TOYAH AND WEST OF LOVINGTON IN NEW MEXICO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE NEAR BALMORHEA AND WEST OF LUBBOCK MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 55 min |
| May 30, 9:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 59 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.