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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 27, 1992Carson County, Hutchinson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1992, 8:24 PM CDT for Carson County, Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1992, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2827 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 280126
TORAMA
TXC065-233-280215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
824 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...NORTHERN CARSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY
 
AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE HUTCHINSON AND CARSON COUNTY LINE. PERSONS
IN BORGER SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS STORM IS
MOVING EAST AT 18 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-272130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
345 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO
   AND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...

AT 330 PM CDT OR 230 PM MDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
IN AMARILLO TEXAS SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRETCHING ACROSS NORTHEAST
NEW MEXICO FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON SOUTHWEST TO NORTH
OF CONCHAS LAKE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE PARTS
THE WEST TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES BY EARLY EVENING.
^
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-
KSZ003-006-272345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
540 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN JUST NORTH OF TUCUMCARI IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS STORM IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY ALSO BE PRODUCING HAIL.
PEOPLE IN TUCUMCARI AND MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM.

OTHER ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN THE
WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE IN NORTH CENTRAL OLDHAM COUNTY AND ALSO IN
SOUTHWEST MOORE COUNTY WEST OF FOUR WAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOISE CITY TO 10 MILES WEST OF ELKHART...
10 MILES NORTH OF ELKHART AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL.

MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

SAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Moore69 min
Jun 27, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson, Moore56 min
Jun 27, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman60 min
Jun 27, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith59 min
Jun 27, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAParmer63 min
Jun 27, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACastro, Deaf Smith57 min
Jun 27, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAParmer65 min
Jun 27, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray44 min
Jun 27, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Donley69 min
Jun 27, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACastro40 min
Jun 27, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAParmer69 min
Jun 27, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOldham62 min
Jun 27, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall69 min
Jun 27, 10:33 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAParmer42 min
Jun 27, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Randall60 min
Jun 27, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAParmer60 min
Jun 28, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAParmer59 min
Jun 28, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAParmer61 min
Jun 28, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth40 min
Jun 28, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAChildress57 min

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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.