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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 27, 1992Ector County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1992, 8:25 PM CST for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1992, 8:25 PM CST (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1992, 9:30 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 1992-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 318 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 1992-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 280225
SVRMAF
TXC135-329-280330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
825 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...ECTOR COUNTY...MIDLAND COUNTY
 
AT 823 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ODESSA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE
CITIES OF ODESSA AND MIDLAND ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.

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, Mar 27, 6:59 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-280150-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
650 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA
COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST...

AT 634 PM CST...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTH OF
ANDREWS. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER
THE SOUTH PLAINS...THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST
TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW-LYING
PLACES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard64 min
Mar 27, 8:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane58 min
Mar 27, 8:33 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFAndrews57 min
Mar 27, 8:38 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFMartin67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.