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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX

June 12, 1992Brewster County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1992, 4:41 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1992, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Brewster County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1035 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KELP 122144
SVRELP
TXC043-122245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
341 PM MDT (441 PM CDT) FRI JUN 12 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM MDT (545 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...BREWSTER COUNTY
 
A SPOTTER REPORTRD HEAVY RAIN AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 8 MILRS EAST OF
ALPINE TEXAS. THIS STORM IS MOVING SE ABOUT 15 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YlOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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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.