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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT for Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 18, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randall County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:05 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 182346 TORAMA TXC381-190015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 645 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...NORTHERN RANDALL COUNTY AT 645 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF AMARILLO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN AMARILLO SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 18, 12:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-190500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THE AIRMASS OVER THE PANHANDLES IS SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE BUT WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ACT AS A CAP AND INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE LIKELY TODAY. SP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 30 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.