Tornado Warning 25, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

May 29, 1987, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 1987, 10:45 PM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Castro County, TX, Randall County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 300246
TORAMA
TXC069-381-437-300345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
946 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
          ...CASTRO...SOUTHERN RANDALL...NORTHERN SWISHER
 
AT 945PM AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES
WEST OF HAPPY. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS
IN THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN THESE COUNTIES RECENTLY. LARGE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH CAN PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...AND
STONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE DEVELOPING STORMS
HAVE BEEN MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 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 GROUND 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.

In the hours before

TTAASP KAMA 292350
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
645 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987

  ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL
     AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT ...

AT 635 PM CDT ...RADAR WAS DETECTING VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM
SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO LAKE TO NORTHEAST OF FRIONA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM WEST OF AMARILLO TO
NORTH OF AMARILLO WERE RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.

AT 615 PM THE HEREFORD FIRE DEPT. WAS REPORTING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH.

KEEP TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T V$ STATION
FOR LATER STAEMENTS.

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes in 1987

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.