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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1992, 3:50 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1992, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pecos County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Pecos, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 242050 TORMAF TXC371-242145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 350 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...WESTERN PECOS COUNTY AT 345 PM CDT...MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN PECOS COUNTY 15 MILES EAST OF BALMORHEA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED TORNADOES WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM. 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 ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 4 hr |
| May 23, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 61 min |
| May 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 4 hr |
| May 23, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 69 min |
| May 24, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| May 24, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| May 24, 7:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 62 min |
| May 24, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 67 min |
| May 24, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 68 min |
| May 24, 12:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.