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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1992, 6:25 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 15, 1992, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hutchinson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:50 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Hutchinson, TX | |
| Apr 15, 7:06 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Hutchinson, 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 152326 TORAMA TXC233-160000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 625 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...SOUTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST WEST OF FRITCH MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE FRITCH AND STINNETT AREAS SHOULD KEEP A WATCH FOR THIS STORM. 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. GARCIA
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, Apr 15, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-160500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LATE THIS MORNING A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF LIBERAL KANSAS TO BETWEEN DALHART AND AMARILLO TEXAS. IN ADDITION ...THE DRYLINE WAS SITUATED IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THESE TWO FEATURES WILL ACT ON THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE AREA. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PROGGED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING IF NECESSARY. ANDRADE
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:48 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 545 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO... AT 534 PM CDT AMARILLO WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY SILVERTON...KRESS... TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LUBBOCK. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN PLAINVIEW. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING NEAR CLARENDON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF AMARILLO. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:51 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013- KSZ003-006-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION TO HEADING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 545 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO... AT 534 PM CDT AMARILLO WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY SILVERTON...KRESS... TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LUBBOCK. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN PLAINVIEW. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING NEAR CLARENDON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF AMARILLO. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 49 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.