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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 1992Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1992, 11:42 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports 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, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1992, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Ector County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 12:35 AM CDTHail 2Ector, TX
May 25, 12:50 AM CDTTornado F0Ector, 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 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 1992-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 556 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 1992-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 250442
TORMAF
TXC135-250545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1142 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...ECTOR COUNTY
 
AT 1142 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
5 MILES EAST OF GARDENDALE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. THE STORM
IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 24, 6:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-250040-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
625 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS
   AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS
   AND THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TONIGHT...

AT 625 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTHWEST OF
FORT STOCKTON...NEAR PECOS...NORTHEAST OF SARAGOSA...EAST OF GUADALUPE
PASS...IN THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AND WEST OF CARLSBAD IN NEW MEXICO.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

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 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, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
May 25, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
May 25, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell68 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.