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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 11, 1992Swisher County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1992, 5:49 PM CDT for Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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 11, 1992, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Swisher County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 6:08 PM CDTHail 2.75Swisher, 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 112249
TORAMA
TXC437-112315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
549 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...NORTHERN SWISHER COUNTY
 
AT 548 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
HAPPY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
 
IF YOU AjRE 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 11, 1:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-120500-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND MAINLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO
THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES.

A MOIST AIRMASS OVER THE REGION CONTINUED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO MAINLY THE EVENING
HOURS. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR INITIAL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP TODAY WOULD LIKELY BE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH
...CREATING THE BEST CHANCES OF STORMS FOR THE WESTERN MOST COUNTIES IN
THE PANHANDLES.

A WEAK UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...THE
LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT BOUNDARIES OVER THE REGION...AND LITTLE UPPER
LEVEL SUPPORT SHOULD INHIBIT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS MAINLY IN THE WESTERN
TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES SHOUWLD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR
ACTIVATION THIS EVENING IF NECESSARY.

TG
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXC375-381-112315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
407 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992

FLOODING OF STREETS ARE LIKELY IN AMARILLO THROUGH 600 PM THIS EVENING
AS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE CITY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 400 AND 500
PM.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS.

JSE
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:14 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-110500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
510 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 340 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT FOR THE FOLLOW COUNTIES...

IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...

CIMARRON...TEXAS AND BEAVER.

IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...

DALLAM...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...DEAF SMITH...SHERMAN....MOORE...
POTTER...RANDALL...HANSFORD...HUTCHINSON...CARSON...ARMSTRONG...
OCHILTREE...ROBERTS...GRAY...DONLEY...LIPSCOMB...HEMPHILL...
WHEELER...AND COLLINGSWORTH.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM  40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON
NEW MEXICO TO  40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BIG SPRING TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  PERSONS IN ToHESE COUNTIES
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall41 min
Jun 11, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall51 min
Jun 11, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam58 min
Jun 11, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley66 min
Jun 11, 4:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall3 hr
Jun 11, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall3 hr
Jun 11, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningAMARandall62 min
Jun 11, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson67 min
Jun 11, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong56 min
Jun 11, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley59 min
Jun 11, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter49 min
Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher59 min
Jun 11, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOldham69 min
Jun 11, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMASwisher3 hr
Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley57 min
Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter27 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.