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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 24, 1992Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 1992, 1:00 AM CST for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 1992, 1:00 AM CST (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 1992, 2:00 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Glasscock County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1992-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 240702
TORMAF
TXC173-240800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
100 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...GLASSCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 100 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 8:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward57 min
Feb 23, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland65 min
Feb 23, 10:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward69 min
Feb 23, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor67 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.