Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1987, 6:36 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma; Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 17, 1987, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1987, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lipscomb, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 2392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 172336
SVRAMA
OKC007-TXC295-357-180030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
636 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
...BEAVER
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...LIPSCOMB...OCHILTREE
AT 630 PM CDT THE RADIO STATION IN PERRYTON TEXAS HAD REPORTS OF
WINDS TO 70 MPH IN PERRYTON AREA...TRAILER HOME WAS BLOWN OVER. RADAR
SHOWS A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN PERRYTON AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DES TRUCTIVE 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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1987Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.