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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 1992Terrell County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 9:45 PM CDTHail 1Terrell, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 557 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 9:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines4 hr
May 23, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Ector4 hr
May 23, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland2 hr
May 24, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor69 min
May 24, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving60 min
May 24, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
May 24, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 24, 7:17 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos58 min
May 24, 7:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton62 min
May 24, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton59 min
May 24, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane67 min
May 24, 10:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton3 hr
May 24, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton68 min
May 24, 12:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard3 hr
May 24, 1:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Upton3 hr
May 24, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos55 min
May 24, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos58 min
May 23, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr
May 24, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr
May 24, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy69 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.