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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 16, 1989Potter County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1989, 5:49 PM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 4 reports 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: May 16, 1989, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 1989, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 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
May 16, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Potter, TX
May 16, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Randall, TX
May 16, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Potter, TX
May 16, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Potter, 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 text

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Sherman	61 min
May 15, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	55 min
May 15, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	46 min
May 15, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	57 min
May 15, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	45 min
May 15, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	62 min
May 15, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Potter	66 min
May 15, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	57 min
May 15, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Oldham	53 min
May 16, 11:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	67 min
May 16, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	54 min
May 16, 1:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	53 min
May 16, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	45 min
May 16, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	54 min
May 16, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Oldham	49 min
May 16, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	55 min
May 16, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Childress	57 min
May 16, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	62 min
May 16, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth	66 min
May 16, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	59 min
May 16, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	55 min
May 16, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	63 min
May 16, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	61 min
May 16, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	43 min
May 16, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	64 min
May 16, 11:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Quay	32 min
May 16, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Quay	57 min
May 15, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	64 min
May 16, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	57 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.