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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 19, 1992Hutchinson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hutchinson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 192313
TORAMA
TXC233-192345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
615 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE BORGER EOC NORTH OF THE
CITY OF BORGER.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong68 min
Jun 18, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall61 min
Jun 18, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong30 min
Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong45 min
Jun 18, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACastro56 min
Jun 18, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb56 min
Jun 18, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACastro35 min
Jun 18, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher66 min
Jun 19, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam44 min
Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore, Sherman55 min
Jun 19, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson57 min
Jun 19, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore32 min
Jun 19, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson42 min
Jun 19, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson35 min
Jun 19, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAGray, Roberts61 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.