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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 6, 1992Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1992, 7:04 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
Jun 6, 1992, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Ector County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 7:04 PM CDTHail 1Ector, TX

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 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, Jun 6, 2:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-070230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
229 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1992

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS OF WEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND  70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE
OF A LINE FROM  20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO TO
75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS.

AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS ALONG A COLD
FRONT WHICH HAD STALLED JUST NORTH OF THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THIS
FRONT.

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.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-062040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 225 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN EAST OF CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO TO SOUTH OF HOBBS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...
FLOODING OF LOW AREAS...AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 15
MILES AN HOUR.
ELSEWHERE...RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED
NORTHWEST OF ODESSA...IN VICINITY OF STERLING CITY...AND FROM
VICINITY OF FORT DAVIS TO WEST OF SANDERSON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-070230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
229 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS OF WEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND  70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE
OF A LINE FROM  20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO TO
75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS.

AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS ALONG A COLD
FRONT WHICH HAD STALLED JUST NORTH OF THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THIS
FRONT.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNA`DOES 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 6, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin68 min
Jun 6, 10:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
Jun 7, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos69 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFChaves60 min
Jun 7, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEddy60 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.