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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gaines County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 210214 TORMAF TXC165-210315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 915 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...GAINES COUNTY AT 914 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTY. THIS STORM 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 ROOM 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 20, 3:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-202200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LEAM COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 325 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF VAN HORN TO MARFA AND FORT DAVIS. STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-202245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 450 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM MARFA TO CENTRAL HUDSPETH COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-202355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 550 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO INCLUDING NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 600 PM MDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING SCURRY COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 533 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM ALPINE TO GUADALUPE PASS. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NORTHWEST OF ALPINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST THROUGH NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NEAR LITTLEFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-210100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 657 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO INCLUDING NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 600 PM MDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING SCURRY COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM ALPINE TEXAS TO NORTH OF TATUM NEW MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NORTHWEST OF MALJAMAR NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK AND NORTHWEST OF JAYTON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMEwRCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER 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 20, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 11:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 58 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.