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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1992, 3:55 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1992, 3:55 PM MDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1992, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eddy County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KROW 082155
TORROW
NMC015-082300-
BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM
355 PM MDT MON JUN 8 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROSWELL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE...
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXCIO...
SOUTHEAST EDDY COUNTY
AT 450 PM MDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR MALAGA...SOUTH OF
CARLSABD AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A
CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE
HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
OTIS...LOVING...AND SOUTHEAST CARLSBAD IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
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 8, 11:18 AM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-082200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1200 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 ...PERMIAN BASIN THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN. ALSO...HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING IN PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN ALREADY SATURATED BY WEEKEND RAINS. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 257 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO A LARGE PART OF WESTERN TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1000 PM MDT. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON TEXAS TO 20 MILES EAST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO. AT 253 PM CDT(153 PM MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS ALONG THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. IN COMBINATION WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND HEATING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS WAND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-090400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 257 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND A LARGE PART OF WESTERN TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1100 PM CDT(1000 PM MDT). TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON TEXAS TO 20 MILES EAST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO. AT 253 PM CDT(153 PM MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS ALONG THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. IN COMBINATION WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND HEATING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND 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, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 45 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.