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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 16, 1992Hutchinson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1992, 6:20 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 1992, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Hutchinson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 162321
TORAMA
TXC233-162345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
620 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY
 
AT 618 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHERN
HUTCHINSON COUNTY..JUST SOUTH OF BORGER. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY
SOUTHEASTWARD. PERSONS IN THE BORGER AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 12:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1245 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR EVENING OF APRIL 15,1992

1817 CST...QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON. REPORTED BY COOP OBSERVER.
           (DONLEY CO.)

1824 CST...3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON. REPORTED BY SHERIFF OFFICE.
           (DONLEY CO.)

1842 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN FRITCH AND LAKE MEREDITH. REPORTED BY
           WATER AUTHORITY. (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1850 CST...2 INCH SIZE HAIL NE OF FRITCH. REPORTED BY BORGER EOC.
           (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1906 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT LAKE MEREDITH.  REPORTED BY WATER
           AUTHORITY. (HUTCHINSON CO.)
1915 CST...FLOODING IN FRITCH TEXAS.  5 INCH RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR AT
           FRITCH REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON CO. E.O.C. (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1930 CST...NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT FOUR WAY.  REPORTED BY
           SHERIFF OFFICE.  (MOORE CO.)

1951 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4NE OF FRITCH. REPORTED BY WATER AUTHORITY.
           (HUTCHINSON CO.)

2049 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SW OF BORGER.
           (HUTCHINSON CO.)

2140 CST...DIME SIZE HAIL IN NW CARSON CO. REPORTED BY SKYWARN
           AMATEUR SPOTTER. (CARSON CO.)

2135 CST...NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2N OF FM ROADS 2381 AND 1061.

2200 CST...1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL IN AMARILLO AT 34TH AND WESTERN.
           REPORTED BY TV WEATHERMAN. (RANDALL CO.)

2259 CST...DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF QUITAQUE.  REPORTED BY
           SHERIFF OFFICE.  (BRISCOE CO.)

           APRIL 16, 1992

1100 CST...PALO DURO STATE PARK REPORTS 2 INCH TOTAL RAINFALL.
           ALSO REPORTED THAT DURING STORM SOME WATER CROSSINGS WERE
           INPASSABLE AND SOME CAPMSITE WERE UNDER WATER.
           THIS MORNING..ONLY ONE WATER CROSSING REMAIN INPASSABLE.

CVB/RRR

Local storm report, Apr 16, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1245 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR EVENING OF APRIL 15,1992

1817 CST...QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON. REPORTED BY COOP OBSERVER.
           (DONLEY CO.)

1824 CST...3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON. REPORTED BY SHERIFF OFFICE.
           (DONLEY CO.)

1842 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN FRITCH AND LAKE MEREDITH. REPORTED BY
           WATER AUTHORITY. (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1850 CST...2 INCH SIZE HAIL NE OF FRITCH. REPORTED BY BORGER EOC.
           (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1906 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT LAKE MEREDITH.  REPORTED BY WATER
           AUTHORITY. (HUTCHINSON CO.)
1915 CST...FLOODING IN FRITCH TEXAS.  5 INCH RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR AT
           FRITCH REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON CO. E.O.C. (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1930 CST...NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT FOUR WAY.  REPORTED BY
           SHERIFF OFFICE.  (MOORE CO.)

1951 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4NE OF FRITCH. REPORTED BY WATER AUTHORITY.
           (HUTCHINSON CO.)

2049 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SW OF BORGER.
           (HUTCHINSON CO.)

2140 CST...DIME SIZE HAIL IN NW CARSON CO. REPORTED BY SKYWARN
           AMATEUR SPOTTER. (CARSON CO.)

2135 CST...NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2N OF FM ROADS 2381 AND 1061.

2200 CST...1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL IN AMARILLO AT 34TH AND WESTERN.
           REPORTED BY TV WEATHERMAN. (RANDALL CO.)

2259 CST...DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF QUITAQUE.  REPORTED BY
           SHERIFF OF~FICE.  (BRISCOE CO.)

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-170500-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...
WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT STALLED OUT EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE SOUTH
PART OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS FRONT WILL HELP INITIATE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE PLUS THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST WILL
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIFT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS MAINLY
THE SOUTH HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE
READY FOR ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING IF NECESSARY.

TG

Local storm report, Apr 16, 1:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
140 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR EVENING OF APRIL 15,1992

1817 CST...QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON. REPORTED BY COOP OBSERVER.
           (DONLEY CO.)

1824 CST...3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON. REPORTED BY SHERIFF OFFICE.
           (DONLEY CO.)

1842 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN FRITCH AND LAKE MEREDITH. REPORTED BY
           WATER AUTHORITY. (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1850 CST...2 INCH SIZE HAIL NE OF FRITCH. REPORTED BY BORGER EOC.
           (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1906 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT LAKE MEREDITH.  REPORTED BY WATER
           AUTHORITY. (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1915 CST...FLOODING IN FRITCH TEXAS.  5 INCH RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR AT
           FRITCH REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON CO. E.O.C. (HUTCHINSON CO.)

1915 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT LAKE MEREDITH HARBOR.  REPORTED
           BY LAKE MEREDITH PARK RANGER.  (HUTCHINSON CO,)

1930 CST...NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT FOUR WAY.  REPORTED BY
           SHERIFF OFFICE.  (MOORE CO.)

1951 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4NE OF FRITCH. REPORTED BY WATER AUTHORITY.
           (HUTCHINSON CO.)

2000 CST...QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT ALIBATES RECREATION AREA
           IN NORTHEASTERN POTTER CO.  REPORTED BY LAKE MEREDITH PARK
           RANGER.  (POTTER CO.)

2049 CST...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SW OF BORGER.
           (HUTCHINSON CO.)

2140 CST...DIME SIZE HAIL IN NW CARSON CO. REPORTED BY SKYWARN
           AMATEUR SPOTTER. (CARSON CO.)

2135 CST...NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2N OF FM ROADS 2381 AND 1061.

2200 CST...1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL IN AMARILLO AT 34TH AND WESTERN.
           REPORTED BY TV WEATHERMAN. (RANDALL CO.)

2259 CST...DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF QUITAQUE.  REPORTED BY
           SHERIFF OFFICE.  (BRISCOE CO.)

           APRIL 16, 1992

1100 CST...PALO DURO STATE PARK REPORTS 2 INCH TOTAL RAINFALL.
           ALSO REPORTED THAT DURING STORM SOME WATER CROSSINGS WERE
           INPASSABLE AND SOME CAPMSITE WERE UNDER WATER.
           THIS MORNING..ONLY ONE WATER CROSSING REMAIN INPASSABLE.

CVBi/RRR

Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	117 min
Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	117 min
Apr 15, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	46 min
Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hutchinson, Potter	29 min
Apr 15, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	41 min
Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	39 min
Apr 15, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	50 min
Apr 15, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	66 min
Apr 16, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Briscoe, Hall	41 min
Apr 16, 1:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Randall	2 hr
Apr 16, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hall	69 min
Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Childress	60 min
Apr 16, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Swisher	56 min
Apr 16, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hall	59 min
Apr 16, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Childress	59 min
Apr 16, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Swisher	58 min
Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Castro	56 min
Apr 16, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	59 min
Apr 16, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	25 min
Apr 16, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	66 min
Apr 16, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson	38 min
Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	38 min
Apr 16, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray	61 min
Apr 16, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.