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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1992, 9:35 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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 27, 1992, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Castro County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Castro, TX | |
| Jun 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Castro, 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 280238 COR TORAMA TXC069-280315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 935 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...CASTRO COUNTY AT 935 PM CDT...DIMMITT SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED AT TORNADO 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DIMMITT. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSON IN DIMMITT SHOULD TAKE COVER 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...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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Moore | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Moore | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Parmer | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro, Deaf Smith | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Parmer | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Parmer | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Parmer | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Parmer | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Parmer | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Parmer | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Childress | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.