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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 16, 1992Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT for Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 16, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Randall County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 9:31 PM CDTHail 0.75Randall, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 1992-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1019 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 1992-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
1019 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.1

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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

Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
STORM REPORTS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
454 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR EVENING OF APRIL 16, 1992

1557 CDT...THREE-QUARTER TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL 15 MILES WEST OF
           ESTELLINE REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER (HALL CO.)

1558 CDT...DIME SIZE HAIL BETWEEN TURKEY AND ESTELLINE REPORTED BY
           MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. (HALL CO.)

1625 CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH OF TULIA REPORTED BY POLICE
           DEPARTMENT. (SWISHER CO.)

1640 CDT...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN TULIA REPORTED BY POLICE
           DEPARTMENT. (SWISHER CO.)

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley60 min
Apr 16, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore33 min
Apr 16, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron60 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.