Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1992, 7:07 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report 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 27, 1992, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Andrews County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:13 PM CDT | Hail 1 | 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 337 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
- 2827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
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 27, 2:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 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 WEATHEzR INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 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.