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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 16, 1992Gaines County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 7:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Gaines, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 983 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 1992-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward57 min
Apr 15, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland55 min
Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane64 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

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.