Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1987, 10:49 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 56 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
- May 26, 1987, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1987, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Texas County, OK
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Texas, OK |
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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 2416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
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 26, 4:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 26, 5:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 540 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR RANDALL COUNTY TIL 815 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 133 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 535 PM CDT...A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF BORGER. ELSEWHERE..AN AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST OF TULIA TO WEST OF LUBBOCK. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN.. AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALL INTERESTS ARE URGE TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE xEVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T V STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 640 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR RANDALL COUNTY TIL 815 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 133 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 635 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TULIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLAINVIEW. ELSEWHERE.. A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAMPA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN.. AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALL INTERESTS ARE URGE TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T V STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 740 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR RANDALL COUNTY TIL 815 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 133 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 735 PM CDT...A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SILVERTON. ELSEWHERE..ANOTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANADIAN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN.. AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALL INTERESTS ARE URGE TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF DEVE6LOPING WEATHER SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T V STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 8:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 835 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 133 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 830 PM CDT...A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SILVERTON. ELSEWHERE..HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN.. AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALL INTERESTS ARE URGE TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL `RADIO AND T V STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 9:49 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 940 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987 AT 935 PM CDT...A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHAMROCK. ELSEWHERE..HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WEST OF STRATFORD TEXAS TO NORTHEAST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 133 HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE..ONLY THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE REMAINS IN THE WATCH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 53 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.