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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 22, 1992Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1992, 4:37 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 1992, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Reeves County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1992-05-22Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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 222138
TORMAF
TXC389-222245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
437 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...REEVES COUNTY
 
AT 434 PM CDT...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN REEVES COUNTY REPORTED A
TORNADO ON THE GROUND BETWEEN TOYAH AND PECOS. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM
WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PEOPLE IN PECOS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS WITH THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO
THREATENS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLA;NKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves65 min
May 22, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves69 min
May 22, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves62 min
May 22, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving62 min
May 22, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines65 min
May 22, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFWard56 min
May 22, 6:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves3 hr
May 22, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves59 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.