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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 9, 1992Swisher County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1992, 7:06 PM CDT for Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
Apr 9, 1992, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Swisher County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 7:08 PM CDTTornado F0Swisher, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 1992-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 489 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1992-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 100007
TORAMA
TXC437-100045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
706 PM CDT THU APR 9 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
 
   ...SWISHER COUNTY
 
A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED 15 MILES WEST OF KRESS BY THE TULIA POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
 
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
Apr 9, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter49 min
Apr 9, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Randall60 min
Apr 9, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter32 min
Apr 9, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray46 min
Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson25 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.