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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1992, 7:40 PM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Randall, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 120041 TORAMA TXC375-381-120115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 740 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTY...NORTHERN RANDALL COUNTY AT 739 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN WEST AMARILLO... TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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, 4:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 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, 2 hours 26 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, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 88 min |
| Jun 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 63 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.