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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 27, 1992Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1992, 8:38 PM CST for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1992, 8:38 PM CST (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1992, 9:45 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 280238
TORMAF
TXC317-280345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
838 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
LENORAH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. LENORAH LIES CLOSE TO
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

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, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland65 min
Mar 27, 8:33 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFAndrews57 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.