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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 26, 1992Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1992, 8:10 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 1992, 8:10 PM MDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 1992, 9:15 PM MDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 4.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 270212
TORMAF
NMC025-270315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
910 PM CDT (810 PM MDT) FRI JUN 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT (915 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO...5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF JAL.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

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 26, 2:42 PM MDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-262150-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
335 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT)...

AT 325 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL TO NORTHWEST OF
ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SECOND AREA OF
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM
NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD TO SOUTH OF THE BIG BEND PARK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION...

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:51 PM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-262250-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
441 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT (900 PM MDT)

AT 425 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF DORA NEW MEXICO TO SOUTHWEST
OF ABILENE TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE
AREA EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO FAR WEST TEXAS NORTH
OF SIERRA BLANCA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL! HAIL...BRIEF
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING. ALSO BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS KILLER
LIGHTNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-270150-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
735 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992

..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT (900 PM MDT)

AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND RAINSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO TO THE TEXAS
BIG BEND.
MOSTLY LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
FROM SOUTH OF SNYDER TO WEST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN
HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...
DANGEROUS KILLER LIGHTNING AND FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
                                                                               SSTAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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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.