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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 22, 1992Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1992, 1:07 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 68 min. 4 reports 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 22, 1992, 1:07 PM MDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1992, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 1:15 PM MDTTornado F0Lea, NM
May 22, 2:10 PM MDTHail 1.75Lea, NM
May 22, 2:11 PM MDTHail 1.75Lea, NM
May 22, 2:19 PM MDTTornado F0Lea, 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, 7.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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 KMAF 221908
TORMAF
NMC025-222015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
207 PM CDT (107 PM MDT) FRI MAY 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT (215 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...LEA COUNTY
 
AT 206 PM CDT...106 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNDADO SOUTHWEST OF
HUMBLE CITY NEW MEXICO. LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS HAVE ALSO BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 12:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea64 min
May 22, 12:20 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea55 min
May 22, 2:05 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy55 min
May 22, 2:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea63 min
May 22, 2:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea4 hr
May 22, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves, Eddy65 min
May 22, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea61 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.