Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1986, 8:10 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Randall County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1986, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Randall County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 16, 4:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 430 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 180 IN EFFECT FROM 430 PM CDT UNTI 1100 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 425 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A LARGE VERY HEAVY THUNDER STORM JUST NORTHEAST OF GROOM..OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF PAMPA TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.. MIDWAY BETWEEN CLAYTON AND TUCUMCARI. MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE..TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CHILDRESS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 3 hr |
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.