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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 24, 1987Quay County, New Mexico; Oldham County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1987, 6:47 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico; Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1987, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1987, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Quay County, NM, Oldham 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2015 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2015 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 250047
TORAMA
NMC037-TXC359-250145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
747 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
          ...EASTERN QUAY
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
          ...WESTERN OLDHAM
 
AT 740 PM CDT...640 PM MDT...THE SHERIFF IN TUCUMCARI REPORTED THAT A
TORNADO HAD BEEN SITED 10 MILES WEST OF NARAVISA. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
WAS ALSO REPORTED. AMARILLO WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT THIS STORM
IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL ENTER WESTERN
OLDHAM COUNTY IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. {Basis}
 
 
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 BLANKET+S...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACurry60 min
Jun 24, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall66 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 1987Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes 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.