Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

May 29, 1987, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 1987, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Castro County, TX, Parmer County, TX

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

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.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 300059
SVRAMA
TXC069-369-300200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
759 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
          ...CASTRO...EASTERN PARMER
 
AT 8PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
EAST FRIONA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

In the hours before

TTAASP KAMA 292350
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
645 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987

  ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL
     AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT ...

AT 635 PM CDT ...RADAR WAS DETECTING VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM
SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO LAKE TO NORTHEAST OF FRIONA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM WEST OF AMARILLO TO
NORTH OF AMARILLO WERE RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.

AT 615 PM THE HEREFORD FIRE DEPT. WAS REPORTING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH.

KEEP TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T V$ STATION
FOR LATER STAEMENTS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.