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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1987, 6:14 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1987, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carson 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, 6:18 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Carson, TX | |
| Jul 14, 6:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Carson, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 142314
TORAMA
TXC065-150015-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
614 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...CARSON
AT 613PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EASTCENTRAL
CARSON COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE DEER.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 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.
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.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, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 68 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, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.