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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1987, 7:32 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 25, 1987, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1987, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Armstrong 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Armstrong, 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 260032 RRA
TORAMA
TXC011-260130-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
732 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...ARMSTRONG
AT 734PM CDT THE TEXAS DPS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF PALO
DURO STATE PARK. AND AT 733 SPOTTERS IN CLAUDE REPORTED THE TORNADO
THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Swisher | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 57 min |
| May 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 61 min |
| May 25, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 58 min |
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 68 min |
| May 25, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 67 min |
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 65 min |
| May 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 55 min |
| May 25, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 59 min |
| May 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 60 min |
| May 25, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 60 min |
| May 25, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 54 min |
| May 26, 12:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 4 hr |
| May 26, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 67 min |
| May 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 4 hr |
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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.