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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 1988, 8:03 PM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 1988, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1988, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Randall, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 1053 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 150104
TORAMA
TXC375-381-150200-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
803 PM CDT WED SEP 14 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...POTTER...RANDALL
AT 805 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
OF BUSHLAND IN SOUTHWEST POTTER COUNTY.
THIS IS A VERY INTENSE AND DANGEROUS SITUATION!
THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 65 min |
| Sep 14, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 56 min |
| Sep 14, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 5 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Randall | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 67 min |
| Sep 15, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 66 min |
| Sep 15, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.