Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1992, 6:25 PM CDT for Carson 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 19, 1992, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Carson, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 192326 TORAMA TXC065-200000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 625 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...NORTHEASTERN CARSON COUNTY AT 620 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF BORGER. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN CARSON COUNTY. PEOPLE IN SKELLYTOWN SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS 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...SEEHK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 30 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, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 61 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.