Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1992, 9:29 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- May 23, 1992, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terrell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Terrell, 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 5:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 545 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 544 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE BEEN IN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAVE DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AND HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. IF NEW STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 23, 5:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 545 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1992 ...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 544 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE BEEN IN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO HAVE DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AND HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. IF NEW STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 4 hr |
| May 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 4 hr |
| May 23, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 69 min |
| May 24, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| May 24, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| May 24, 7:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 62 min |
| May 24, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 67 min |
| May 24, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 68 min |
| May 24, 12:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| May 24, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| May 23, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 6 hr |
| May 24, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 6 hr |
| May 24, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 69 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.