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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1992, 6:58 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1992, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Briscoe County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 549 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 132359 TORAMA TXC045-437-140030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 658 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...NORTHWESTERN BRISCOE COUNTY...EASTERN SWISHER COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 656 PM CDT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF TULIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10-15 MPH. 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...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. JSE
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 13, 1:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-140500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1992 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE PANHANDLES REMAINS MOIST AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. A DRYLINE WAS BEGINNING TO SET UP IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE STORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON ...CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...BECAUSE THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED...HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING IF NECESSARY. ANDRADE
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-140500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE PANHANDLES REMAINS MOIST AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. A DRYLINE WAS BEGINNING TO SET UP IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE STORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON ...CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...BECAUSE THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED...HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING IF NECESSA!RY. ANDRADE
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 545 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CASTRO COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOODING OF STREETS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 11:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 116 min |
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Castro | 75 min |
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Swisher | 100 min |
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 75 min |
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 100 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.