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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:34 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Crane, 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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane | 116 min |
| Sep 1, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 56 min |
| Sep 1, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 69 min |
| Sep 1, 1:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 66 min |
| Sep 1, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 67 min |
| Sep 1, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 60 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.