Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1992, 8:07 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1992, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 326 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 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, Jun 6, 2:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 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, 5 hours 33 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, 5 hours 23 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 69 min |
| Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Chaves | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.