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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 12, 1992Martin County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1992, 12:38 AM CDT for Martin County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 1992, 12:38 AM CDT (05:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 25 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2394 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

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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 11, 8:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

TXC329-120230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
833 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992

AT 830 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT HAD SPAWNED TORNADOES IN DAWSON AND
MARTIN COUNTIES CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH. THIS STORM POSES NO IMMEDIATE
THREAT TO PEOPLE IN MIDLAND COUNTY. HOWEVER...PEOPLE IN MIDLAND COUNTY
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A TORNADO IS OBSERVED
OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. PLAN AHEAD.

RADAR INDICATES THAT THIS IS A VERY INTENSE STORM...STILL CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-110850-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
848 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST TEXAS HAS
   BEEN REPLACED BY A TORNADO WATCH...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING UNTIL 200 AM 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  80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO  25 MILES
EAST NORTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW TEXAS.

TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPOTTED WITH SOME OF THE STORMS OCCURRING
ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE
PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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 12, 12:03 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Dawson	62 min
Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Martin	62 min
Jun 11, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Martin	63 min
Jun 11, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Howard	56 min
Jun 11, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Glasscock	49 min
Jun 11, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden	61 min
Jun 11, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	60 min
Jun 11, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	68 min
Jun 11, 10:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	58 min
Jun 11, 11:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Howard	59 min
Jun 12, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	49 min
Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	67 min
Jun 12, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	59 min

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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.