Tornado Warning 47, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 11, 1992, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Martin County, 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.

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TTAA00 KMAF 120058
TORMAF
TXC317-120200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
758 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 751 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO WHICH WAS MOVING
SOUTHWARD THROUGH DAWSON COUNTY WAS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO MARTIN COUNTY.
PEOPLE TO THE EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF THIS STORM SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO
THE SKY AND LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS SERIOUS WEATHER
SITUATION.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.  HOWEVER...THIS STORM
MAY TURN TOWARD THE EAST AS IT ENTERS MARTIN COUNTY. PEOPLE IN BOTH
ACKERLY AND LENORAH SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THIS STORM. YOU MAY
HAVE NEITHER RAIN NOR HAIL AS A WARNING BEFORE THIS TORNADO HITS.
 
PEOPLE IN MARTIN COUNTY TRAVELLING TOWARD THIS STORM ON HIGHWAYS
349...137 OR FM 829 SHOULD PULL OVER TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING AND CONTINUED TRAVEL ONCE THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
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.

In the hours 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.

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.

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

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.