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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 8, 1992Crane County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1992, 10:33 PM CDT for Crane County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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: Jun 8, 1992, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Crane County, TX, Upton County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 8, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Crane, TX
Jun 8, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Upton, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 986 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 090333
TORMAF
TXC103-461-090430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1033 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN CRANE COUNTY...UPTON COUNTY
 
AT 1030 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TO THE
NORTHWEST OF MCCAMEY. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A SEVERE STORM IN WESTERN
CRANE COUNTY MOVING INTO UPTON COUNTY.
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	68 min
Jun 8, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	58 min
Jun 8, 10:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Howard	2 hr
Jun 8, 10:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Howard	3 hr
Jun 8, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	55 min
Jun 9, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	59 min
Jun 9, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	60 min
Jun 9, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	52 min
Jun 9, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	68 min
Jun 9, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	61 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.