Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1992, 10:38 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
- Jun 26, 1992, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ector County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Ector, TX | |
| Jun 26, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Ector, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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, 4:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 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, 2 hours 55 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.Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:42 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-272045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 242 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992 AT 230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF BALMORHEA TO THE VICINITY OF FORT STOCKTON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE ALREADY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS UNDETERMINED. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.