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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1992Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1992, 5:52 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1992, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Terrell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 955 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
955 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 252251
TORMAF
TXC443-260000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
552 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...TERRELL COUNTY
 
AT 550 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH OF
DRYDEN. THE PUBLIC HAS ALSO REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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 24, 11:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor63 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

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.