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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1992, 7:13 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 11, 1992, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:29 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Dawson, TX | |
| Jun 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Dawson, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 120013 TORMAF TXC115-120115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 713 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...DAWSON COUNTY AT 709 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF LAMESA. A SKYWARN SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO FORMING IN THIS LOCATION. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INXTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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 11, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-112350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 546 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...11 PM CDT... AT 530 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF BROWNFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. A RAINSHOWER HAD DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS (OR TORNADOES) ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS (OR TORNADOES) ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-112350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 546 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...11 PM MDT... AT 530 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF BROWNFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. A RAINSHOWER HAD DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 11:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 59 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.