Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1992, 5:15 AM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1992, 5:15 AM CDT (10:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1992, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Midland County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 231016 SVRMAF TXC329-231115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 515 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...MIDLAND COUNTY AT 516 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF MIDLAND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 12 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAGINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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
Special weather statement, May 23, 1:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-230900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 145 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 200 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 140 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM FORT STOCKTON TO BIG LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS ANDD RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE BIG BEND AND FAR WEST TEXAS TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE SOUTH PLAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Local storm report, May 23, 2:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
230 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 1992
TIME (CDT) COUNTY EVENT
1315 LEA SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO 3
NMC 025 MILES EAST OF BUCKEYE.
1330 LEA LOVINGTON SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED
NMC 025 TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH
OF BUCKEYE.
1419 LEA HOBBS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
NMC 025 TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF HUMBLE
CITY.
1436 LEA HOBBS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
NMC 025 TORNADO ON LEA/ROOSEVELT COUNTY
LINE.
1452 REEVES SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED TORNADO 8
TXC 389 MILES WEST OF ORLA.
1510 LEA PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
NMC 025 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOBBS.
1511 LEA LOVINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
NMC 025 GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN CITY.
1515 REEVES STORM CHASER REPORTED TORNADO AND
TXC 389 60 MPH WINDS 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ORLA
1515 REEVES PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO AND
TXC 389 GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 8 MILES SOUTH OF
ORLA.
1546 REEVES SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED TORNADO 7 MILES
TXC 389 NORTH OF ORLA.
1550 LEA SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
NMC 025 IN HOBBS.
1612 LEA PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
NMC 025 1 MILE SOUTH OF HOBBS.
1619 LEA PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
NMC 025 IN THE CITY OF HOBBS.
1634 REEVES PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO BETWEEN PECOS
TXC 389 AND TOYAH.
1722 REEVES PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO 2 MILES
TXC 389 SOUTHWEST OF PECOS.
1813 REEVES PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5
TXC 389 MILES WEST OF PECOS.
1900 REEVES PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN PECOS.
TXC 389
2000 ECTOR STORM SPOTTER REPORTED 65 MPH WINDS 5
TXC 135 SOUTHWEST OF ODESSA.
2043 MIDLAND OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 60 MPH
TXC 329 WINDS IN MIDLAND.
2150 HOWARD BIG SPRING POLICE DEPARTMENT
TXC 227 REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS IN BIG SPRING.Special weather statement, May 23, 2:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 245 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 230 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM FORT STOCKTON TO GARDEN CITY AND NEAR JAL NEW MEXICO AND PECOS. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE BIG BEND AND FAR WEST TEXAS TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE SOUTH PLAINS. THUNDERSTORM ARE CONTINUING TO PRODUCE RAINS OVER SATURATED GROUND MAKING RAPID RUNOFF INTO LOW ALYIN AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 23, 3:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 340 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 330 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM RANKIN TO MIDLAND. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE BIG BEND AND FAR WEST TEXAS TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE SOUTH PLAINS. STA*Y TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 23, 3:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 340 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 330 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM RANKIN TO MIDLAND. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE BIG BEND AND FAR WEST TEXAS TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE SOUTH PLAINS. > MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:44 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 435 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 430 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM BAKERSFIELD TO CRANE AND FROM LAMESA TO BIG LAKE. RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTEREF FROM ROSWELL SOUTH TO ALPINE... ANT INTHE THE BIG BEND. MOVEMENT WAS NORT HEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 59 min |
| May 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 63 min |
| May 22, 8:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 22, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 67 min |
| May 23, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane | 3 hr |
| May 23, 9:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 12 hr |
| May 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
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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.