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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 58 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, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 4 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.