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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1987, 4:52 PM CDT for Hansford County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1987, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1987, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hansford County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Hansford, TX |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 142152
TORAMA
TXC195-142300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
452 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...HANSFORD
AT 452PM CDT...THE HANSFORD SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A
TORNADO IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF HANSFORD COUNTY...3 MILES
SOUTH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE LINE AND ABOUT 10 MILES
WEST OF HITCHLAND. MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 QIS 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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 65 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.