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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 18, 1988Briscoe County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 1988, 7:10 PM CDT for Briscoe County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 1988, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 1988, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Briscoe 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 190013
TORAMA
TXC045-190100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
710 PM CDT MON JUL 18 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
          ...BRISCOE
 
AT 710 PM CDT...AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 12 NORTHWEST OF
SILVERTON IN BRISCOE COUNTY. MOVEMNENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 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.

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, 2 hours 19 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.