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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1992, 3:24 AM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1992, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1992, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ector County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 180825 SVRMAF TXC135-180930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 324 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...ECTOR COUNTY AT 315 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE CITY OF ODESSA. THE PUBLIC HAD REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF ODESSA. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HIGH WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FORP YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 17, 10:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-180445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1044 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT (10 PM MDT) FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO... AT 1030 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO...TO NEAR LANGTRY...TO SOUTH OF VAN HORN...TO NORTH OF GUADALUPE PASS AND TO NEAR LITTLEFIELD. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PECOS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. DURING A TORNADO WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. REMEMBER...THERE MAY NOT BE TIME FOR A TORNADO WARNING BEFORE ONE STRIKES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Local storm report, Jul 17, 11:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1100 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1992
TIME COUNTY EVENT
505 PM CDT PECOS PECOS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 3/4 INCH
#371 TO 1 INCH HAIL NEAR BAKERSFIELD.
515 PM CDT PECOS PECOS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 3/4 INCH
#371 TO 1 INCH HAIL NEAR BAKERSFIELD HAD
STOPPED.
856 PM CDT PECOS PUBLIC REPORTED 3/4 INCH TO 1 INCH HAIL
#371 SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD.
930 PM CDT PECOS PECOS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 13/4 INCH
#371 HAIL NEAR FORT STOCKTON.Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 120 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND STRONG WINDS IN PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 115 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF LAMESA TO NEAR SEMINOLE TO SOUTH OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO AND REACHED AS FAR SOUTH AS WINK TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY ALONG AND EAST OF THIS LINE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GUSTY WINDS AND URBAN FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WEST TEXAS RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-181000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 215 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE MIDLAND-ODESSA AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST... AT 215 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR WINK TO GOLDSMITH TO WEST OF LENORAH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY ALONG AND EAST OF THIS LINE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GUSTY WINDS AND URBAN FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WEST TEXAS RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:40 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-180850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 235 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 225 AM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRETCHED FROM NEAR POST TO NORTH OF MIDLAND TO NEAR JAL NEW MEXICO AND REACHED AS FAR SOUTH AS ALPINE TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE NORTH OF GOLDSMITH AND EAST OF JAL NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. WEST TEXAS RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 66 min |
| Jul 17, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 69 min |
| Jul 18, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 58 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.