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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 31, 1992Crane County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 1992, 9:18 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 31, 1992, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Crane County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 31, 9:34 PM CDTHail 0.75Crane, 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1992-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 144 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 1992-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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, Aug 31, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-312350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
555 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PO(RTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 528 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE EAST OF BIG SPRING TEXA
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
657 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 628 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHEAST OF
MARATHON...NORTH OF STANTON...NEAR ACKERLY AND SOUTHWEST OF SWEETWATER.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED
NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH OF MARFA TEXAS TO NEAR CARLSBAD NEW
MEXICO.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

 SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

SThAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 7:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
749 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TO SOUTHWEST OF
SANDERSON. RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW
MEXICO. HAIL WAS INDICATED WEST OF WINTERS AND WEST OF SANDERSON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED PIN LOW-LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 8:47 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-010250-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
843 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS
AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 825 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TO SOUTHWEST OF
SANDERSON. RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW
MEXICO. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NORTHEAST OF KERMIT AND SOUTHWEST
OF ANDREWS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING M.AY OCCURR IN LOW-LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane61 min
Aug 31, 11:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane116 min
Sep 1, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane56 min
Sep 1, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton69 min
Sep 1, 1:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane2 hr
Sep 1, 4:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Sep 1, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines66 min
Sep 1, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea67 min
Sep 1, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves60 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.