Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT for Armstrong 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, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Armstrong County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:18 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Armstrong, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 190100 TORAMA TXC011-190130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 800 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...SOUTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY AT 800 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED 5 MILES WEST OF WAYSIDE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN WAYSIDE...TAKE SHELTER NOW. 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. IF YOU ARE 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 68 min |
| Jun 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Sherman | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 61 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992
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.