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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 23, 1992Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 1992, 10:21 PM CST for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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
Feb 23, 1992, 10:21 PM CST (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 1992, 11:30 PM CST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 23, 10:38 PM CSTHail 0.75Howard, 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1992-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 240422
SVRMAF
TXC227-240530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1021 PM CST SUN FEB 23 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY
 
AT 1015 PM...THE BIG SPRING POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS REPORTING MARBLE
SIZE HAIL IN BIG SPRING. WITH THE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED EARLIER AND
THE QUARTER SIZE BEING REPORTED AROUND THE CITY OF MIDLAND AT THIS
TIME THE HAIL IN BIG SPRING WILL GET LARGER.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 8:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward57 min
Feb 23, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland65 min
Feb 23, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor67 min
Feb 24, 1:00 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock60 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.