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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1992, 6:40 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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 14, 1992, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Carson, TX | |
| May 14, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Carson, TX | |
| May 14, 7:13 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Carson, 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 142342 TORAMA TXC065-150015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 640 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...EASTERN CARSON COUNTY AT 640 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO FORMING 7 MILES WEST OF WHITE DEER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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
Special weather statement, May 14, 12:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-150500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE AREA IS EAST OF A LINE FROM MIDLAND TO AMARILLO TO ELKHART...KANSAS. AT NOON...A WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE DRYLINE WAS STILL IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO. DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WERE MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 50S...PROVIDING A RATHER UNSTABLE AIRMASS. DAYTIME HEATING AND MOIST UPSLOPE WINDS MAY HELP TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE EAESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SAR
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:55 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-142325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 553 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN CARSON COUNTY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 545 PM CDT...AMARILLO WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SMALL AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN CARSON COUNTY BETWEEN PANHANDLE AND SKELLYTOWN. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HA+IL. LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS OCCURRED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS SOURCES FOR LATER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 25 min |
| May 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.