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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1987, 2:21 AM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 10 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1987, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1987, 2:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Castro 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 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 24, 8:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 835 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 827 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE...FROM CANADIAN ...SOUTHWEST TO CLAUDE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF AMARILLO ...IN THE TULIA AREA. ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN STRENGTH DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE POSSIBILTY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS STILL EXIST. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY 'HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STAIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 24, 9:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 940 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 934 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...FROM TULIA... NORTHEAST TO WHEELER TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNElD TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STAIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 24, 11:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1140PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 1131 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND EXTENDED INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF CHILDRESS ...AND SOUTHEAST OF CLARENDON IN THE EAST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOUL.D REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STAIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 25, 12:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 24 min |
| May 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 46 min |
| May 24, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 29 min |
| May 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Childress | 27 min |
| May 25, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 67 min |
| May 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro, Randall, Swisher | 61 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.