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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 26, 1987Deaf Smith County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1987, 12:23 PM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1987, 12:23 PM CDT (17:23 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1987, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Deaf Smith 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 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1987-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2100 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1987-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 261723
TORAMA
TXC117-261830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1223 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
          ...EASTERN DEAF SMITH
 
AT 1223PM CDT...THE HEREFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL
FUNNEL CLOUDS...OVER EASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY...8 MILES SOUTH OF
HEREFORD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUN"D IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACastro, Swisher60 min
May 25, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall57 min
May 25, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong58 min
May 25, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford61 min
May 25, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree58 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningAMARandall68 min
May 25, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher67 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree65 min
May 25, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford55 min
May 25, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall59 min
May 25, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningAMARandall60 min
May 25, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong60 min
May 25, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter54 min
May 26, 12:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall4 hr
May 26, 4:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall4 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.