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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 15, 1992Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1992, 5:05 PM CDT for Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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: Apr 15, 1992, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Ward County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 15, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Ward, TX
Apr 15, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Ward, TX
Apr 15, 6:03 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Ward, 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 152204
TORMAF
TXC475-152300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
505 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...WARD COUNTY
 
AT 504 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE PECOS
RIVER SOUTH OF PYOTE IN WARD COUNTY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTH TOWARDS
PYOTE AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
RESIDENTS BETWEEN THE PECOS RIVER AND PYOTE SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS OF PYOTE SHOULD BEGIN EMERGENCY PREPARATION AT
THIS TIME.
 
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	34 min
Apr 15, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	69 min
Apr 15, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	60 min
Apr 15, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Ward	71 min
Apr 15, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Crane	58 min
Apr 15, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	55 min

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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.