Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 60, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 1992, 8:00 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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
- Jul 16, 1992, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1992, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chaves County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:39 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Chaves, 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
El Paso Intl Airport, TX (KELP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 3761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 KABQ 170201 TORROW NMC005-170300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM 800 PM MDT THU JUL 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...WESTCENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHCENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY AT 750 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSWELL. THE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR WESTCENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHCENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY ISSUED AT 745 PM MDT. 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 SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUtR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Jul 16, 3:49 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-162250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 738 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 426 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR BIG LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TO WEST OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND FLOODING IN LOW-LYING PLACES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:54 PM MDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-162250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 438 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 426 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR BIG LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TO WEST OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND FLOODING IN LOW-LYING PLACES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:42 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-162350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 537 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 525 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR BIG LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE AREA FROM EAST OF SWEETWATER TO SOUTH- WEST OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCAL FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST INFORMATION AND* POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-170050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 642 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 629 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN REMAINED NEAR BIG LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST OF MERKEL TO EAST OF IRAAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND FLOODING IN LOW PLACES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 717 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLASSCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BORDEN AND HOWARD COUNTIES... AT 710 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AND WILL MOVE OUT OF OUR LISTENING AREA IN ABOUT TWO TO THREE HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN REAGAN AND CROCKETT COUTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND FLOODING IN LOW PLACES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-170150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 738 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLASSCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE AREA FROM NORTHEAST OF WINTERS TO NORTHEAST OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE ARE STILL DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND CAN KPRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING. THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING. STAY TUNED TTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 9:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 70 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.