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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1992, 11:46 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1992, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1992, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 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, 4.8 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.
- 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 120446 TORMAF TXC227-120545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1146 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY AT 1145 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COAHOMA. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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 R OOM 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 11, 5:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 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, 5 hours 45 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
TXC329-120230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 833 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 AT 830 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT HAD SPAWNED TORNADOES IN DAWSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH. THIS STORM POSES NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO PEOPLE IN MIDLAND COUNTY. HOWEVER...PEOPLE IN MIDLAND COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A TORNADO IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. PLAN AHEAD. RADAR INDICATES THAT THIS IS A VERY INTENSE STORM...STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-110850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 848 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST TEXAS HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A TORNADO WATCH... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL 200 AM CDT. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW TEXAS. TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPOTTED WITH SOME OF THE STORMS OCCURRING ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 62 min |
| 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 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 |
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.