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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 13, 1992Pecos County, Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT for Pecos County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 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
Apr 13, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 1992, 9:30 PM 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 13, 8:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Reeves, 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, 0.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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 1992-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Reeves2 hr
Apr 14, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden60 min
Apr 14, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Ward68 min
Apr 14, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves56 min
Apr 14, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines27 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.