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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1992Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1992, 2:32 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1992, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 251932
SVRMAF
TXC371-252030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
232 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON. THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED PEA-SIZED
HAIL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 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.

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, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland60 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, 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.