Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1992, 7:19 PM CST for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 31, 1992, 7:19 PM CST (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1992, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Andrews County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:25 PM CST | Hail 4 | Andrews, TX | |
| Mar 31, 7:41 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Andrews, 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 nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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, Mar 31, 5:57 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 555 PM CST TUE MAR 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1100 PM CST... AT 525 PM CST...AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE LOCATED FROM EAST OF ARTESIA NEW MEXICO TO EAST OF MIDLAND TEXAS AND REACHED AS FAR SOUTH AS BAKERSFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO }AND INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN OR NEAR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 57 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.