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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT for Castro County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 8, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Castro County, TX, Swisher County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Castro, TX | |
| Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Swisher, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 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 090033 TORAMA TXC069-437-090100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 730 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...SOUTHERN CASTRO COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN SWISHER COUNTY AT 728 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF OLTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CASTRO AND POSSIBLY SOUTHWESTERN SWISHER COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY F"URNITURE. 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 8, 3:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-082145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 335 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... AT 325 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL OVER THE NORTHEAST TIP OF NEW MEXICO INTO EXTREME WESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS INDICATED MIDWAY BETWEEN CLAYTON NEW MEXICO AND KENTON OKLAHOMA. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF LESSER INTENSITY WERE SHOWN OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...NORTHEAST OF LAS VEGAS ..BETWEEN SANTA ROSA AND QUAY..AND ALSO JUST WEST OF ROSWELL. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TG
Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
535 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR THE EVENING OF JUNE 8TH. ALL TIMES
ARE CST...
1553...DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE BOISE CITY S.O. JUST W OF
BOISE CITY...ALSO PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SW OF
BOISE CITY ENDED AT 1543 (CIMARRON COUNTY)
1620...DIME SIZE HAIL ENDED JUST SOUTHEAST OF BOISE CITY REPORTED
BY BOISE CITY S.O. (CIMARRON COUNTY)
TGSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 7:01 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-090400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 700 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 11 PM CDT... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD THE PANHANDLES. THE UPWARD MOTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM COMBINED WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PANHANDLES. HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS TONIGHT. SINCE THE GROUND OVER THE AREA IS SATURATED DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. ALSO...DUE TO FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES THIS EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITHIN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA...SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION REST OF THIS EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER S?ERVICE AT AMARILLO. DH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Swisher | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe, Swisher | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 10:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Roberts | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 46 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.