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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 23, 1992Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 1992, 10:38 PM CST for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 1992, 10:38 PM CST (04:38 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 1992, 11:45 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Ector County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 240439
SVRMAF
TXC135-240545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1038 PM CST SUN FEB 23 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...ECTOR COUNTY
 
AT 1035 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST MOVING
INTO THE CITY OF ODESSA. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND VERY STRONG WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS THE CITY.
 
MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VEXRY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 10:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward69 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.