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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 15, 1992Terrell County, Texas

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

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1992, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1992, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Terrell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 987 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
987 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 160312
TORMAF
TXC443-160415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1010 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...TERRELL COUNTY
 
AT 1005 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING OUT OF
PECOS COUNTY AND INTO TERRELL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM CAUSING THIS IS
LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON AND IS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO
15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  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, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton65 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.