Tornado Warning 42, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

Jun 26, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Oldham 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.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 270001
TORAMA
TXC359-270030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
700 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...SOUTHERN OLDHAM COUNTY
 
AT 658 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY SPOTTERS NEAR
ADRIAN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.

In the hours before

TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-262130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
342 PM CST FRI JUN 26 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT OR 10 PM CDT FOR
    THE EASTERN ONE-HALF OF NEW MEXICO...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE
EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO UNTIL 9 PM MDT. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES
UNION...QUAY...CURRY...AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES.

AT 330 PM CDT OR 230 PM MDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
IN AMARILLO TEXAS SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM AROUND RATON SOUTH TO SOUTH OF LAS VEGAS.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
^
OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
ACROSS THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS FROM 40 MILES WEST OF LUBBOCK
SOUTHEAST TO AROUND POST.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN UNION...QUAY...CURRY...AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES
OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO SH`OULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA SOURCES
FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN AMARILLO TEXAS.

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.