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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 4, 1992Moore County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1992, 11:05 PM CDT for Moore County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
Jun 4, 1992, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Moore County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 11:07 PM CDTTornado F0Moore, 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, 4.1 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1541 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 050407
TORAMA
TXC341-050500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1105 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY
 
AT 1105 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF MOORE COUNTY...JUST NORTHEAST OF
MASTERSON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
 
 
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, Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-042245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
507 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH
   HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INCLUDING POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES

AT 500 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF
CASTRO COUNTY...ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF HART. THESE STORMS HAD
MOVED VERY LITTLE DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND APPEARED TO BE DRIFTING
SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT NEAR 5 MPH.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER ON FARM TO MARKET ROADS.

OTHER STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE
SHOWN IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF BAILEY COUNTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

TG
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-042345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
548 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH HALF
   OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INCLUDING POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES...

AT 535 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE
OVER COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES NORTH THROUGH BAILEY AND LAMB
COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS SHOWN IN EAST CENTRAL BAILEY COUNTY
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULESHOE...WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM 5 MILES
NORTH OF LEVELLAND IN HOCKLEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL DURING THE PAST HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH.

THE STORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN CASTRO COUNTY HAD WEAKENED DURING THE
PAST HALF HOUR...WITH RADAR NOT INDICATING ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE TEXAS OR OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CDT
FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. PERSONS IN THE=
WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TG
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-050045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
645 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH HALF
   OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INCLUDING POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES...

AT 635 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK. THE STRONGEST STORM WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS DETECTED OVER NORTHERN COCHRAN COUNTY JUST
NORTHWEST OF MORTON WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF
NEEDMORE IN BAILEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AS WELL VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHER
STORMS IN THIS AREA HAD WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO MAINLY UNION COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS SHOWN NEAR PASAMONTE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS
WAS ALSO TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM YOUR NAyTIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

TG
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-050040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
722 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS MOORE COUNTY
   NORTH OF DUMAS TEXAS...

AT 715 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER MOORE COUNTY OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM
HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST 20 MINUTES JUST NORTH OF DUMAS.

MOVMENT RWAS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE CITY OF DUMAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS STORM AS
IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS MOORE COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-050200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
735 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR
   ARMSTRONG..DONLEY..BRISCOE..HALL AND CHILDRESS COUNTIES...

THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER. HOWEVER...POTTER..RANDALL..
OLDHAM..DEAF SMITH..PARMER..CASTRO..AND SWISHER COUNTIES IN THE
SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE REMAIN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING. THE WATCH ALSO CONTINUES FOR MUCH
OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS.

LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TG
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-050145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
753 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST
   HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...

AT 740 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER
NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY NEAR DUMAS AND BRYDEN. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WAS PRODUCING PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL
HAIL.  PERSONS IN MOORE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THIS
STORM IT MOVES SOUTH AT 10 MPH ACROSS THE COUNTY. BECAUSE OF THE
STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT...THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MINOR FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS EXSISTS.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE IN NORTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO. THESE STORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS UNION AND HARDING COUNTIES
FROM AROUND PASAMONTE SOUTH TO MOSQUERO.
^
MOVEMENT WAS ALSO TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore68 min
Jun 4, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore42 min
Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore35 min
Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman41 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore30 min
Jun 4, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore69 min
Jun 4, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Sherman41 min
Jun 4, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter55 min
Jun 4, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter57 min
Jun 4, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAMoore, Potter3 hr
Jun 5, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore64 min
Jun 5, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson55 min
Jun 5, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter61 min
Jun 5, 1:07 AM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter38 min
Jun 5, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall62 min
Jun 5, 1:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMACarson3 hr
Jun 5, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter18 min
Jun 5, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith42 min
Jun 5, 2:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall3 hr
Jun 5, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall, Swisher50 min
Jun 5, 2:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAArmstrong, Donley3 hr
Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMASwisher3 hr
Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam42 min
Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam57 min
Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley47 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall48 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.