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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 20, 1992Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 20, 1992, 3:10 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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 20, 1992, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 1992, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Chaves County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 20, 4:05 PM MDTTornado F0Chaves, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 1992-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1992-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KROW 202111
TORROW
NMC005-202200-

BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM
310 PM MDT WED MAY 20 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROSWELL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXCIO...

                  CHAVES  COUNTY

AT 305 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NORTH OF ROSWELL NEAR THE CLOVIS
HIGHWAY AT THE BERRENDO WATER TOWER.

THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 3:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea8 hr
May 20, 4:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFChaves, Eddy52 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.