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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 11, 1992Dawson County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 7:29 PM CDTHail 2.75Dawson, TX
Jun 11, 7:35 PM CDTTornado F1Dawson, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 486 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin62 min
Jun 11, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin63 min
Jun 11, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward56 min
Jun 11, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock49 min
Jun 11, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden61 min
Jun 11, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson60 min
Jun 11, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin68 min
Jun 11, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward, Martin58 min
Jun 11, 11:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward59 min
Jun 12, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock49 min
Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland67 min
Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor67 min
Jun 12, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock59 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.