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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 16, 1989Potter County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1989, 5:32 PM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 7 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, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1989, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
43 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 5:35 PM CDTTornado F2Randall, TX
May 16, 5:41 PM CDTHail 2.75Randall, TX
May 16, 5:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Potter, TX
May 16, 5:55 PM CDTTornado F0Potter, TX
May 16, 5:55 PM CDTTornado F0Randall, TX
May 16, 6:02 PM CDTTornado F0Potter, TX
May 16, 6:23 PM CDTTornado F1Potter, 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, 10.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 750 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
750 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
7.2

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Sherman61 min
May 15, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham55 min
May 15, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADeaf Smith46 min
May 15, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall57 min
May 15, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter, Randall45 min
May 15, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham62 min
May 15, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Potter66 min
May 15, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong57 min
May 15, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOldham53 min
May 16, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Sherman67 min
May 16, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree54 min
May 16, 1:07 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADeaf Smith53 min
May 16, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb45 min
May 16, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham54 min
May 16, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOldham49 min
May 16, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter55 min
May 16, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAChildress57 min
May 16, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter62 min
May 16, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth66 min
May 16, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAWheeler59 min
May 16, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham55 min
May 16, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall63 min
May 16, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAWheeler61 min
May 16, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall56 min
May 16, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter, Randall64 min
May 16, 11:13 AM CDTTornado WarningAMAQuay32 min
May 16, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAQuay57 min
May 15, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas64 min
May 16, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas57 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.