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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 27, 1992Castro County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 9:35 PM CDTTornado F0Castro, TX
Jun 27, 10:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Castro, 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.

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°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 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.

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, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson51 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, 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

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.