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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 58 min |
| May 24, 8:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 55 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.