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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 4, 1992Moore County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1992, 10:06 PM CDT for Moore County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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 4, 1992, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1992, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Moore County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Moore, TX
Jun 4, 11:07 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Moore, 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 050307
TORAMA
TXC341-050415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1006 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...MOORE COUNTY
 
AT 10 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES OVER MOORE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR
SUNRAY...ETTER...AND DUMAS...AND WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN
HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORMS...SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR /CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	68 min
Jun 4, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Moore	42 min
Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Moore	35 min
Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Sherman	41 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Moore	30 min
Jun 4, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Sherman	41 min
Jun 4, 11:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Moore	55 min
Jun 4, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	55 min
Jun 4, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	57 min
Jun 4, 11:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Moore, Potter	3 hr
Jun 5, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	64 min
Jun 5, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	55 min
Jun 5, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	61 min
Jun 5, 1:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter	38 min
Jun 5, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	62 min
Jun 5, 1:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Carson	3 hr
Jun 5, 1:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter	18 min
Jun 5, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	42 min
Jun 5, 2:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Randall	3 hr
Jun 5, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall, Swisher	50 min
Jun 5, 2:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Donley	3 hr
Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Swisher	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	42 min
Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	57 min
Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley	47 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	48 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.