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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 13, 1992Sherman County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1992, 8:50 PM CDT for Sherman County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
May 13, 1992, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Sherman County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 8:50 PM CDTHail 0.88Sherman, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 1992-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1252 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 1992-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 140149
SVRAMA
TXC421-140215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
850 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...SHERMAN COUNTY
 
AT 850 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM NEAR STRATFORD. AT
846 PM CDT THE STRATFORD SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED NICKLE SIZE EAST OF
THE CITY.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTE#CTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson62 min
May 14, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson35 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.