Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1993, 12:08 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1993, 12:08 AM MDT (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1993, 1:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 67 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, 6.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Aug 24, 8:40 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-250340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 940 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PERMIAN BASIN... AT 935PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE MOVING INTO DAWSON AND BORDEN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN VICINITY OF IRAAN AND NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH OF OZONA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHERN STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 8:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-250340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 940 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PERMIAN BASIN... AT 935PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE MOVING INTO DAWSON AND BORDEN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN VICINITY OF IRAAN AND NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH OF OZONA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.D..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHERN STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 9:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-250440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1035 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PERMIAN BASIN... AT 1033PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF SEMINOLE TO VICINITY OF COLORADO CITY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN EXTENDING TO THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF OZONA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHERN STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 9:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-250440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1035 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PERMIAN BASIN... AT 1033PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF SEMINOLE TO VICINITY OF COLORADO CITY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN EXTENDING TO THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF OZONA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHERN STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 10:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-250540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1135 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PERMIAN BASIN... AT 1133PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED FROM NORTH OF ANDREWS TO SOUTH OF BIG SPRING. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NORTH OF ANDREWS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN EXTENDING TO THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF OZONA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 10:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-250540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1135 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PERMIAN BASIN... AT 1133PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED FROM NORTH OF ANDREWS TO SOUTH OF BIG SPRING. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NORTH OF ANDREWS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN EXTENDING TO THE CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF OZONA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 10:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 55 min |
| Aug 24, 11:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 11:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 12:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 68 min |
| Aug 25, 1:20 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
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.