Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1992, 6:48 PM CDT for Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Potter County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:15 PM 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 12:00Z, 11.8 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 112349 TORAMA TXC375-120015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 648 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTY AT 645 PM CDT...LOCAL SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR ADY ALONG THE POTTER AND OLDHAM COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTY. 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...SEEKV 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 11, 1:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 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, 2 hours 41 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, 1 hour 34 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Swisher | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 69 min |
| Jun 11, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Swisher | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 57 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.