Tornado Warning 59, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 26, 1992, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Ector 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 270401
TORMAF
TXC135-270500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1059 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTH CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY
 
AT 1055 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 4 MILES
WEST OF PENWELL SOUTH OF I-20. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS TO THE EAST
AT 25 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.
 
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.  OTHERW{ISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

In the hours before

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-270150-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
735 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992

..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT (900 PM MDT)

AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND RAINSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO TO THE TEXAS
BIG BEND.
MOSTLY LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
FROM SOUTH OF SNYDER TO WEST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN
HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...
DANGEROUS KILLER LIGHTNING AND FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
                                                                               SSTAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-272045-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
242 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992

AT 230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS JUST
SOUTH OF BALMORHEA TO THE VICINITY OF FORT STOCKTON. SOME OF THESE
STORMS WERE ALREADY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL.

MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS UNDETERMINED.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
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.