Tornado Warning 40, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

Jun 19, 1992, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Gray County, TX, Roberts County, 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.

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TTAA00 KAMA 192346 COR
TORAMA
TXC179-393-200045-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED   ...CORRECTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
644 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

   ...NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY...SOUTHERN ROBERTS COUNTY

AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN GRAY
AND WESTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES. THIS IS THE SAME STORM THAT GENERATED
A TORNADO IN BORGER THAT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.  PEOPLE IN PAMPA
SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW.  THE STORM IS JUST WEST OF PAMPA MOVING
EAST AT 25 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.

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.

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.