Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1992, 2:29 AM CDT for Pecos County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 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
- Jul 17, 1992, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1992, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 3:00 AM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Reeves, TX | |
| Jul 17, 3:12 AM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Pecos, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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, Jul 16, 10:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-170450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1033 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN TERRELL COUNTY... AT 1025 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... REMAINED IN PARTS OF TERRELL COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM NORTHEAST OF SONORA TO SOUTHEAST OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA WEST OF MALJAMAR AND TATUM NEW MEXICO. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN ...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS KILLER LIGHTNING. RAINFALL CAN ALSO CAUSE FLOODING IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING INTO FLOODED AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS AND FURTHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 69 min |
| Jul 17, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Chaves | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 70 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.