Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1992, 7:05 PM CST for Parmer County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 27, 1992, 7:05 PM CST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1992, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Parmer County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:20 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Parmer, 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 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 280107 TORAMA TXC369-280145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 705 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...PARMER COUNTY AT 635 PM CST THE SHERIFF OFFICE IN PARMER COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO 5 TO 6 MILES NORTH OF FARWELL. POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH TREES AND DAMAGE TO A TRAILER HOME. AT 700 PM CST AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF FRIONA..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 4:40 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-272340-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
438 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1992
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO...
AT 428 PM CST AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES..NORTHWEST TO NEAR SANTA
ROSA NEW MEXICO. STRONGEST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST
OF MELROSE. THE LINE WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST WHILE
INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH. STRONGS GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE.
ELSEWHERE..SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED IN THE CENTRAL AND
EAST PORTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE..BETWEEN GUYMON AND BEAVER.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:40 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-280040-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
538 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1992
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO...
AT 528 PM CST AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM PORTALES..NORTH TO TUCUMCARI AND ROY NEW MEXICO. STRONGEST
PORTION OF THE LINE WAS NEAR MELROSE..AND BETWEEN CLOVIS AND PORTALES.
AT 510 PM CST ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE MELROSE AREA.
THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ALONG AND
EAST OF THIS LINE CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL..
AND SMALL HAIL DURING ITS PASSAGE.
ELSEWHERE..SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS..DECREASING IN
INTENSITY..CONTINUED IN THE EAST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BETWEEN BEAVER AND
TYRONE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
DURING THE LAST HOUR A NEW SHOWER HAD FORMED JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE
PERRYTON AREA.Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:23 PM CST, 42 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-280100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
623 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1992
...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
COUNTIES IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE
AND IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST (11 PM MST) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE: BRISCOE...CASTRO...PARMER...AND SWISHER. IN
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED
IN THE WATCH.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AZND SEVER THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:46 PM CST, 19 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-280145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
645 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1992
...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
COUNTIES IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE
AND IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
AT 631 PM CST AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL..
EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO PORTIONS OF EASTCENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BOVINA
TEXAS..JUST NORTH OF CLOVIS NEW MEXICO..AND JUST WEST OF TUCUMCARI NEW
MEXICO. AROUND 500 PM MST PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF CLOVIS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
ELSEWHERE..SCATTERED SHOWERS HAD FORMED IN THE EAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN
CHILDRESS AND PAMPA.
PERSONS CLOSE TO THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS DURING THEIR PASSAGE.
REMEMBER..A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD
MOV?E TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 8:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 9:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 53 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.