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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1992, 1:07 AM CDT for Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 5, 1992, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Potter County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Potter, TX | |
| Jun 5, 1:50 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Potter, 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 050609 TORAMA TXC375-050645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 107 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...POTTER COUNTY AT 107 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS SIGTHED A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF AMARILLO MOVING SOUTH INTO TOWN. TAKE COVER NOW. 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, Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 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, 5 hours 25 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, 5 hours 12 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.
| 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, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 69 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, 1:28 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 |
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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.