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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 1992Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1992, 4:26 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1992, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 624 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 232127 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC371-232230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
426 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY
 
AT 425 PM CDT...MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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 RAINS 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, 10:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
940 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE BIG SPRING AREA FROM
THE WEST...

AT 930 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WERE IN THE VICINITY OF BIG SPRING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN BIG SPRING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  GUSTY
WINDS AND URBAN FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
940 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE BIG SPRING AREA FROM
THE WEST...

AT 930 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WERE IN THE VICINITY OF BIG SPRING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN BIG SPRING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  GUSTY
WINDS AND URBAN FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-231645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1040 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE BIG SPRING AREA FROM
THE WEST...

AT 1030 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WERE IN THE VICINITY OF BIG SPRING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN BIG SPRING DURING THE NEXT FEnW HOURS.  GUSTY
WINDS AND URBAN FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves3 hr
May 22, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor59 min
May 22, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland63 min
May 22, 8:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
May 22, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward67 min
May 23, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland60 min
May 23, 8:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane3 hr
May 23, 9:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines12 hr

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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.