Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1992, 7:32 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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 24, 1992, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1992, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:20 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Lea, NM | |
| May 24, 8:25 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Lea, NM | |
| May 24, 8:35 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Lea, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 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.
- 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 KMAF 250132 RRA TORMAF NMC025-250230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 832 PM CDT (732 PM MDT) SUN MAY 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT (830 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY AT 832 PM CDT...MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LEA COUNTY 20 MILES WEST OF JAL. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 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 SHE
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, 2 hours 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, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.