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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 10, 1992Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1992, 5:55 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1992, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-283 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-101 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 102255
TORMAF
TXC317-110000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
555 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 552 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF
STANTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN
STANTON SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION .
 
 
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 INTERIO]R 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 10, 5:44 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-102350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
550 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 525 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED
FROM NEAR SHEFFIELD TO ANDREWS EAST OF SWEETWATER...AND SOUTH TO NEAR
SAN ANGELO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NEAR LENORAH AND NEAR SAN ANGELO.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST 10 MILES AN HOUR.

AT 415 PM CDT...THE MIDKIFF FARMERS CO-OP REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL 5
MILES SOUTH OF MIDKIFF.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INNER ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton65 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.