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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1992Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1992, 12:43 AM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 25, 1992, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Ector County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 12:50 AM CDT	Tornado F0	Ector, TX
May 25, 12:56 AM CDT	Hail 2.75	Ector, 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, 5.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 250542
TORMAF
TXC135-250645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1243 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...ECTOR COUNTY
 
AT 1243 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
ODESSA. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM...PEOPLE IN ODESSA SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE COVER. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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 PR_OTECT 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Gaines, Winkler	55 min
May 24, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Winkler	58 min
May 24, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	55 min
May 24, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector	29 min
May 24, 11:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Ector	63 min
May 25, 12:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Midland	61 min
May 25, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard	50 min
May 25, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Midland	60 min
May 25, 6:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving	56 min
May 25, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ward	69 min
May 25, 9:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	60 min
May 25, 9:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Midland	3 hr
May 25, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	58 min
May 25, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	58 min
May 25, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Terrell	68 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.