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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1992Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1992, 1:15 AM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1992, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1992, 2:15 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, 6.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 556 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 250615
SVRMAF
TXC329-250715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
115 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...MIDLAND COUNTY
 
AT 115 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines, Winkler55 min
May 24, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler58 min
May 24, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor55 min
May 24, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Ector29 min
May 24, 11:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor63 min
May 25, 12:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland61 min
May 25, 12:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor62 min
May 25, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard50 min
May 25, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving56 min
May 25, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard69 min
May 25, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland60 min
May 25, 9:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
May 25, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
May 25, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
May 25, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell68 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.