Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1992, 8:15 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 7, 1992, 8:15 PM MDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1992, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eddy County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 9:10 PM MDT | Tornado F2 | Eddy, 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, 2.3 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
- 338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KROW 080216
TORROW
NMC015-080300-
BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM
815 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROSWELL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE...
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXCIO...
EDDY COUNTY
AT 810 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN CARLSBAD AND
WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
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.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, Jun 7, 3:47 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-072245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 445 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. AT 425 PM CDT... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN FAR WEST TEXAS FROM BETWEEN BALMORHEA AND FORT DAVIS EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND MARATHON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN BALMORHEA AND FORT DAVIS AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 645 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND ALSO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 625 PM CDT... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SOUTH OF ROSWELL AND EXTENDED INTO WEST TEXAS FROM BETWEEN VAN HORN AND KENT SOUTHEAST TO BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD AND SANDERSON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING 15 MILES NORTH OF LONGFELLOW. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR VFURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 745 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND ALSO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 725 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED SOUTH FROM ROSWELL TO NEAR CARSLBAD NEW MEXICO AND INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS TO BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD AND LONGFELLOW. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR ARTESIA NEW MEXICO AND NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:47 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 845 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND ALSO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 825 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED SOUTH FROM ROSWELL TO NEAR CARSLBAD NEW MEXICO AND INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS TO NEAR MARATHON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO AND NORTH OF SARAGOSA TEXAS. ELSEWHERE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED NEAR SNYDER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 82 min |
| Jun 7, 8:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 9:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves, Eddy | 73 min |
| Jun 8, 3:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 63 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.