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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 8, 1992Eddy County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy55 min
Jun 7, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves50 min
Jun 7, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy82 min
Jun 7, 8:15 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy45 min
Jun 7, 8:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy118 min
Jun 7, 9:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy2 hr
Jun 7, 11:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy2 hr
Jun 8, 2:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves, Eddy73 min
Jun 8, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy63 min

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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.