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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 5, 1992Randall County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 2:25 AM CDT for Randall County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
Jun 5, 1992, 2:25 AM CDT (07:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Randall County, TX, Swisher County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDTHail 1.75Randall, TX
Jun 5, 2:33 AM CDTHail 0.75Swisher, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1541 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 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
1541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore68 min
Jun 4, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore42 min
Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore35 min
Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman41 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore30 min
Jun 4, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore69 min
Jun 4, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Sherman41 min
Jun 4, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore55 min
Jun 4, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter55 min
Jun 4, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter57 min
Jun 4, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAMoore, Potter3 hr
Jun 5, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore64 min
Jun 5, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson55 min
Jun 5, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter61 min
Jun 5, 1:07 AM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter38 min
Jun 5, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall62 min
Jun 5, 1:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMACarson3 hr
Jun 5, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter18 min
Jun 5, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith42 min
Jun 5, 2:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall3 hr
Jun 5, 2:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAArmstrong, Donley3 hr
Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMASwisher3 hr
Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam42 min
Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam57 min
Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley47 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall48 min
Jun 4, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron41 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.