Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1992, 4:00 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 15, 1992, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1992, 5:00 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 15, 4:55 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | 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 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- 599 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KROW 152203 RRA
TORROW
NMC015-152300-
BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM
400 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROSWELL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE...
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXCIO...
EDDY COUNTY
AT 355 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 10 NE OF LAKEWOOD
NEW MEXICO MOVING SW.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A
CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE
HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM DAMAGE CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 15, 3:54 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-152250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 453 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH SMALL HAIL...ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS... AT 433 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR ARTESIA NEW MEXICO...TO NEAR PETERSBURG...TO WEST OF SONORA AND TO WEST OF MARFA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MONAHANS AND EAST OF WINK. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.