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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 18, 1988Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 1988, 6:45 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Swisher County, Texas. It was in force for 15 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1988, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1988, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Swisher 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, Jul 18, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
450 PM CDT MON JUL 18 1988

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE...

AT 430 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE WEST PART OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO NORTHEAST
NEW MEXICO.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF
HEREFORD TEXAS...JUST SOUTHWEST OF HEREFORD...AND 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLAYTON NEW MEXICO.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPE.CT HEAVY RAINS
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER
UPDATES.

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.