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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 31, 1992Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1992, 7:13 PM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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 31, 1992, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1992, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 7:45 PM MDTHail 1.75Roosevelt, NM
May 31, 8:15 PM MDTHail 2.75Roosevelt, NM

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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 1992-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 813 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 1992-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
813 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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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

Special weather statement, May 31, 1:39 PM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-312030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
237 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE
   NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND
   NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 230 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO FORM ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE FROM
15 MILES WEST OF CANADIAN SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF PAMPA. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WAS JUST WEST OF PAMPA NEAR SKELLYTOWN.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HOUR FROM MORSE
SOUTHWEST TO STINETT AND FOUR WAY.
^
ELSEWHERE...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS
CIMARRON COUNTY OF THE WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ACROSS
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON NEAR PASAMONTE.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE...AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:39 PM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-312130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
337 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTHCENTRAL
   TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 330 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY BETWEEN CONWAY AND
CLAUDE AND SOUTHWEST OF CLAUDE. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...STRETCHED FROM WEST OF
FOLLET SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SPEARMAN AND STINNETT.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED ACROSS
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO FROM NORTH OF CLAYTON SOUTH TO NEAR ROSEBUD.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE
   NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND
   NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONsS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-312230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
441 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH AND
   SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 430 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
LOCATED IN ARMSTRONG...SOUTHERN CARSON...AND NORTHEAST HUTCHINSON
COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN
NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
STINNETT.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND
MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST
OF BEAVER IN THE EAST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR STINNETT
AND FOUR WAY.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HOUR ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR INTO WESTERN DALLAM AND HARTLEY
COUNTIES OF THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE
   NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND
   NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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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.