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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 5, 1992Potter County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDTHail 1.5Potter, TX
Jun 5, 1:50 AM CDTHail 1Potter, 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.

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 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.

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, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore55 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, 1:28 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.