Tornado Warning 11, NWS Amarillo, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
220 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND
   THE SOUTH PLAINS OF TEXAS...

RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH
PLAINS NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK AND OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO NORTHWEST OF
CLOVIS AND NEAR TUCUMCARI AT 215 PM. SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

A VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. THIS UNSTABLE
AIRMASS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE
AREA WILL BE THE IMPETUS FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER THE TEXAS AND O/KLAHOMA PANHANDLES AND OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO.

PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
WATCHES AND WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
345 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989

...A SEVERRE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR QUAY COUNTY OF
   EAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 330 MDT...

AT 330 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN QUAY
COUNTY OF EAST NEW MEXICO...AND IN HALE...LYNN...AND GARZA COUNTIES
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS.  THE STORM IN SOUTHERN QUAY COUNTY WAS JUST SOUTH
OF RAGLAND AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF QUAY.  THIS STORM EARLIER PRODUCED GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL OVER SOUTHERN QUAY COUNTY.  THE SOUTH PLAINS SEVERE
STORMS WERE 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PLAINVIEW.  THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS...AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS IN  NEW MEXICO WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND
THOSE IN THE SOUTH PLAINS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNIN=GS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY ...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
345 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989

...A SEVERRE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR QUAY COUNTY OF
   EAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 330 MDT...

AT 330 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN QUAY
COUNTY OF EAST NEW MEXICO...AND IN HALE...LYNN...AND GARZA COUNTIES
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS.  THE STORM IN SOUTHERN QUAY COUNTY WAS JUST SOUTH
OF RAGLAND AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF QUAY.  THIS STORM EARLIER PRODUCED GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL OVER SOUTHERN QUAY COUNTY.  THE SOUTH PLAINS SEVERE
STORMS WERE 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PLAINVIEW.  THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS...AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS IN  NEW MEXICO WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND
THOSE IN THE SOUTH PLAINS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.
                                                                   .
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATION FO>R FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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