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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1992, 9:25 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 15, 1992, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Carson, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 898 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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, Apr 15, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 545 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO... AT 534 PM CDT AMARILLO WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY SILVERTON...KRESS... TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LUBBOCK. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN PLAINVIEW. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING NEAR CLARENDON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF AMARILLO. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION TO HEADING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 545 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO... AT 534 PM CDT AMARILLO WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY SILVERTON...KRESS... TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LUBBOCK. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN PLAINVIEW. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING NEAR CLARENDON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF AMARILLO. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 117 min |
| Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 117 min |
| Apr 15, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Potter | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 66 min |
| Apr 16, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe, Hall | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 1:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 69 min |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Childress | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Childress | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 66 min |
| Apr 16, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.