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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1987, 12:03 AM CDT for Childress County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1987, 12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1987, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Childress 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 250503
TORAMA
TXC075-250530-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1203 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...CHILDRESS
THE DPS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTHEAST OF MEMPHIS MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST INTO CHILDRESS COUNTY.
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.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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.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, May 24, 7:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 735 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1987 AT 730 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...INTO THE NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN A LINE FROM SOUTHEAST OF HEREFORD...THROUGH THE CITY OF AMARILLO TO JUST NORTHWEST OF PAMPA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER... STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STAIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 24, 8:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 835 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 827 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE...FROM CANADIAN ...SOUTHWEST TO CLAUDE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF AMARILLO ...IN THE TULIA AREA. ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN STRENGTH DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE POSSIBILTY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS STILL EXIST. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY 'HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STAIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 24, 9:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 940 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 934 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...FROM TULIA... NORTHEAST TO WHEELER TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNElD TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STAIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 24, 11:41 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1140PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 1131 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND EXTENDED INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF CHILDRESS ...AND SOUTHEAST OF CLARENDON IN THE EAST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOUL.D REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STAIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 24 min |
| May 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 46 min |
| May 24, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 29 min |
| May 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 34 min |
| May 25, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 10 min |
| May 25, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 67 min |
| May 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro, Randall, Swisher | 61 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.