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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 31, 1988Collingsworth County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1988, 1:18 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 1988, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1988, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Collingsworth County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 31, 12:46 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Castro	64 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Castro, Parmer	28 min
May 30, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	37 min
May 31, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Moore, Oldham	2 hr
May 31, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Parmer	2 hr
May 31, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson	2 hr
May 31, 5:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	2 hr
May 31, 5:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Castro	2 hr
May 31, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	4 hr
May 31, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Castro, Randall	4 hr
May 31, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Carson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter	4 hr
May 30, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Curry	64 min
May 30, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Curry	27 min
May 30, 10:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Roosevelt	4 hr
May 30, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Roosevelt	29 min
May 31, 2:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Curry, Roosevelt	3 hr
May 31, 6:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Curry, Roosevelt	5 hr

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.