Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1992, 8:20 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1992, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reeves County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
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 26, 3:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-262150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 335 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT)... AT 325 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL TO NORTHWEST OF ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SECOND AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD TO SOUTH OF THE BIG BEND PARK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-262250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 441 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT) AT 425 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF DORA NEW MEXICO TO SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO FAR WEST TEXAS NORTH OF SIERRA BLANCA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL! HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING. ALSO BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS KILLER LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:43 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-270150-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
735 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992
..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT (900 PM MDT)
AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND RAINSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO TO THE TEXAS
BIG BEND.
MOSTLY LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
FROM SOUTH OF SNYDER TO WEST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN
HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...
DANGEROUS KILLER LIGHTNING AND FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
SSTAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 65 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.