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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 16, 1992Briscoe County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 12:05 AM CDT for Briscoe County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1992, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1992, 12:46 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Hall County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 898 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
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

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAHutchinson117 min
Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson117 min
Apr 15, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter46 min
Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson, Potter29 min
Apr 15, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore41 min
Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter39 min
Apr 15, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson50 min
Apr 15, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter66 min
Apr 16, 1:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall2 hr
Apr 16, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHall69 min
Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAChildress60 min
Apr 16, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher56 min
Apr 16, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHall59 min
Apr 16, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAChildress59 min
Apr 16, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher58 min
Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACastro56 min
Apr 16, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson59 min
Apr 16, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson25 min
Apr 16, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson66 min
Apr 16, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson38 min
Apr 16, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson25 min
Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall38 min
Apr 16, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray61 min
Apr 16, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson61 min

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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.