Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 6:47 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 16, 1992, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gaines County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Gaines, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 162347 SVRMAF TXC165-170045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 647 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN GAINES COUNTY AT 645 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF SEMINOLE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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
Local storm report, Apr 16, 3:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED FOR LATE REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
342 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992
TIME (CDT) COUNTY EVENT
1657 PECOS SHERIFFS OFFICE IN FORT STOCKTON
TXC 371 REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 285
25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON.
1715 WARD PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN
TXC 475 PYOTE.
1725 WARD DPS REPORTED TORNADO BETWEEN PYOTE AND
TXC 475 PECOS RIVER.
1735 WARD PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO NEAR WEST TEXAS
TXC 475 STATE SCHOOL SOUTH OF PYOTE.
1803 WARD DPS REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTH
TXC 475 OF PYOTE.
1806 UPTON UPTON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED
TXC 461 BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NORTHWEST OF
CRANE.
1800-1830 PECOS SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
TXC 371 ACCUMULATED TO 3 INCHES 12 MILES EAST OF
COYANOSA.
1910 WARD SHERIFFS OFFICE DEPUTY REPORTED DIME SIZE
TXC 475 HAIL AT GRANDFALLS.
1930 CRANE CRANE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
TXC 103 DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF CRANE.
1935 WARD PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
TXC 475 GRANDFALLS.
2002 ECTOR ODESSA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 60 MPH
WINDS IN THE CITY OF ODESSA.
2009 MIDLAND 58 MILE PER HOUR WINDS RECORDED AT
TXC 329 MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
2030 PECOS RANCHER REPORTED TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTH
TXC 371 OF FORT STOCKTON ON HIGHWAY 385.
2045 CRANE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL AT CRANE.
TXC 103
2140 WARD PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
TXC 475 GRANDFALLS.
2230 CRANE THE PUBLIC REPORTED WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED@
TXC 103 AT 70 MPH WHICH RIPPED PORTIONS OF A TIN
ROOF OFF.Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-162240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 425 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY FOR TONIGHT... AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTH AND NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON AND NORTHWEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.U THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 66 min |
| Apr 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 65 min |
| Apr 16, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 67 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.