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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 30, 1987Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 1987, 2:36 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 1987, 2:36 PM MDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 1987, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Roosevelt 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 12:00Z on 1987-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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 12:00Z on 1987-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 302036
TORAMA
NMC041-302130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
336 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
          ...ROOSEVELT
 
AT 210MDT...THE NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A TORNADO 10 TO 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELIDA NEW MEXICO...MOVING SOUTHEAST. FUNNEL CLOUDS
HAVE BEEN SIGHTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF DORA NEW MEXICO...ALSO REPORTED BY
THE NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY PATROL AT 332PM.
 
 
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
BU)ILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.