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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 6, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Andrews County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Andrews, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 062202 TORMAF TXC003-062300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 500 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...ANDREWS COUNTY AT 458 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NORTHWEST OF THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 115 AND 181 IN WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF ANDREWS AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF ANDREWS SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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.
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, Jun 6, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-070230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 229 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS OF WEST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO TO 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS. AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH HAD STALLED JUST NORTH OF THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THIS FRONT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-062040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 225 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EAST OF CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO TO SOUTH OF HOBBS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS... FLOODING OF LOW AREAS...AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED NORTHWEST OF ODESSA...IN VICINITY OF STERLING CITY...AND FROM VICINITY OF FORT DAVIS TO WEST OF SANDERSON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-070230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 229 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS OF WEST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO TO 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS. AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH HAD STALLED JUST NORTH OF THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THIS FRONT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNA`DOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 56 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.