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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 15, 1992Crane County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1992, 8:26 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
Apr 15, 1992, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Crane County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 8:45 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, 1.4 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 1992-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 761 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1992-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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 15, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward57 min
Apr 15, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland55 min
Apr 15, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos65 min
Apr 15, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton65 min
Apr 15, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell65 min
Apr 15, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward63 min
Apr 15, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell56 min
Apr 16, 8:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock66 min
Apr 16, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos65 min
Apr 16, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos67 min
Apr 16, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines58 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.