Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1992, 7:27 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1992, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Castro County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Castro, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, 4:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXC375-381-112315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 407 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 FLOODING OF STREETS ARE LIKELY IN AMARILLO THROUGH 600 PM THIS EVENING AS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE CITY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PM. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. JSE
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-110500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 510 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 340 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOW COUNTIES... IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE... CIMARRON...TEXAS AND BEAVER. IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... DALLAM...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...DEAF SMITH...SHERMAN....MOORE... POTTER...RANDALL...HANSFORD...HUTCHINSON...CARSON...ARMSTRONG... OCHILTREE...ROBERTS...GRAY...DONLEY...LIPSCOMB...HEMPHILL... WHEELER...AND COLLINGSWORTH. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BIG SPRING TEXAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN ToHESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 88 min |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roosevelt | 68 min |
| Jun 12, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Roosevelt | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Union | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roosevelt | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Roosevelt | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Union | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roosevelt | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
Sources
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.