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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 1992Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1992, 7:07 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1992, 7:07 PM MDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1992, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 556 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KROW 250107
TORROW
NMC015-250200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM
ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM
707 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MIDLAND TEXAS INDICATES POSSIBLE
TORNADO WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER ALONG THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO BORDER.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 20 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.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A L
AST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 24, 5:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 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 24, 7:32 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea58 min
May 24, 8:35 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.