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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1987, 7:40 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 5 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1987, 7:40 PM MDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1987, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Curry County, NM
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 300140
TORAMA
NMC009-300245-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
840 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
...NORTHERN CURRY
AT 840 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
INTERING NORTH CURRY COUNTY. TUCUMCARI SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL
FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM WHEN IS PASSED SAN JON.
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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW HSPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 545 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 285 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EXCEPT DALLAM...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...AND PARMER COUNTIES OF THE WEST PANHANDLE...AND CIMARRON COUNTY OF THE WEST OKLKAHOMA PANHANDLE... AT 533 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDER STORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR GAGE OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ACROSS CANADIAN AND PAMPA TEXAS TO JUST NORTH OF AMARILLO...THEN SOUTH TO CANYON. STRONGEST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS BETWEEN PAMPA AND CANADIAN...AND JUST SOUTH OF CANYON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THIS LINE CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS... AND POSSIBLE HAIL DURING ITS PASSAGE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:42 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 740 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 285 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EXCEPT DALLAM...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...AND PARMER COUNTIES OF THE WEST PANHANDLE...AND CIMARRON COUNTY OF THE WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR TEXAS AND BEAVER COUNTIES OF THE OKLAHOMA... AT 730 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE EAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN SHAMROCK AND CANADIAN. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF WHEELER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO BETWEEN TUCUMCARI AND CLAYTON. STORNGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF TUCUMCARI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:49 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 745 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 285 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EXCEPT DALLAM...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...AND PARMER COUNTIES OF THE WEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND CIMARRON COUNTY OF THE WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR TEXAS AND BEAVER COUNTIES OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE... AT 730 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN SHAMROCK AND CANADIAN. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF WHEELER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO BETWEEN TUCUMCARI AND CLAYTON. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF TUCUMCARI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SEFETY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Quay | 2 min |
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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.