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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 11, 1992Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1992, 9:04 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1992, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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°0°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 120204
TORMAF
TXC227-120300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
904 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY
 
AT 858 PM CDT...A SKYWARN SPOTTER INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO FORMING
NORTHWEST OF BIG SPRING MOVING SOUTHEAST.
 
 
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 INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson62 min
Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin62 min
Jun 11, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin63 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

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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.