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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 9, 1986Donley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1986, 2:15 PM CDT for Donley County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1986, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1986, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Donley County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 091915
TORAMA
TXC129-092015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
215 PM CDT MON JUN 9 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...DONLEY

AT 214PM CDT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED
A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARENDON IN THE SOUTHEAST
TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

 THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY !

 IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO..GO TO A
 BASEMENT SHELTER OR A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON
 THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS ANDF MOBILE HOMES
 FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.