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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 26, 1992Ector County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 10:55 PM CDTTornado F0Ector, TX
Jun 26, 11:40 PM CDTTornado F0Ector, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1439 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor61 min
Jun 26, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves55 min
Jun 26, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland62 min
Jun 26, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor61 min
Jun 26, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin61 min
Jun 27, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
Jun 27, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane61 min
Jun 27, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos62 min
Jun 27, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor60 min
Jun 27, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland57 min
Jun 27, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell55 min
Jun 26, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFLea65 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.