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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1989, 3:57 PM CST for Collingsworth County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Mar 27, 1989, 3:57 PM CST (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1989, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 63 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:16 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Collingsworth, 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 severe thunderstorm 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, Mar 27, 10:47 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1047 AM CST MON MAR 27 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS MORNING... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE MOVING THROUGH GRAY AND ROBERTS COUNTY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PAMPA AND NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR. LIGHTNING DETECTION ALSO INDICATED FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THESE STORMS. AT 1032 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN AMARILLO DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 25 MILES WIDE FROM CANADIAN TO PLAINVIEW. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. TWG
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:50 AM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1145 AM CST MON MAR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 51 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. AT 1135 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS INDICATED FROM NEAR GAGE OKLAHOMA SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR MATADOR. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WAS INDICATED IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT CONTINUED NORTH AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EAXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:54 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1145 AM CST MON MAR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 51 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. AT 1135 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS INDICATED FROM NEAR GAGE OKLAHOMA SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR MATADOR. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WAS INDICATED IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT CONTINUED NORTH AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF IN THE PATH OF THESEH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:45 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1245 PM CST MON MAR 27 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 51 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN QUARTER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER THE PAST HOUR. AT 1229 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN AMARILLO TEXAS DETECTED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH SMALL HAIL OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AND THE CENTRAL PART OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT SMALL HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES DURING A THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. TWG
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:47 PM CST, 10 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 2:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 69 min |
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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.