Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1992, 6:43 PM CDT for Childress County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 8, 1992, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Childress County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 6:50 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Childress, 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 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, Apr 8, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Childress | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Childress | 64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.