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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 15, 1992Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1992, 9:10 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1992, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Upton County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 1992-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 761 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1992-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 160210
TORMAF
TXC371-461-160315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
910 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN PECOS COUNTY...UPTON COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN WESTERN UPTON
COUNTY EAST OF CRANE AND NORTH OF MCCAMEY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
A SECOND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY
ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADON.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward57 min
Apr 15, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland55 min
Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane64 min
Apr 15, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos65 min
Apr 15, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell65 min
Apr 15, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward63 min
Apr 15, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell56 min
Apr 16, 8:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock66 min
Apr 16, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos65 min
Apr 16, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos67 min
Apr 16, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines58 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.