Tornado Warning 20, NWS Amarillo, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1207 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
   TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE AND EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON.  THE
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE PANHANDLE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS AFTER-
NOON AND WITH THE APPROACH OF DRY AIR AT THE MID LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING
IN FROM SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE ARE LIKELY
TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS THE PAST FEW DAYS ACROSS THE PANHANDLE HAVE
SOAKED THE GROUND SO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
AND AS A RESULT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LUBBOCK
HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTER-
NOON AND EVENING.  THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
WILL BE PARTICULARLY PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SINCE THESE AREAS HAVE
ACCUMULATED THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN NEW
MEXICO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON.  IF YOU HAVE ITEMS
OUTDOORS LOCATED NEAR DITCHES...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS
MOVE THEM TO HIGHER GROUND IN CASE FLuOODING OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATIONS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.

TWG

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
111 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1989

STORM REPORT MORNING OF JUN 3, 1989

1)  0757-0900 CDT...SVR TSTM WRNG FOR ERN TEXAS AND BEAVER CNTYS OK

      0740 CDT..QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST NE OF GUYMON--PUBLIC REPORT
      0841 CDT..DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR TURPIN (W BEAVER CNTY)-- PUBLIC
      REPORT

WSO..AMA
TWG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
341 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 386 IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF THE
   SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...AND TEXAS
   SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN AMARILLO DETECTED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF
ABERNATHY IN THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS.  OTHER NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDER-
STORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED 30 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK.

MOVEMENT HAD YET TO BE DETERMINED.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE
EASTERN THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND
SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONSp.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO TV/STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

TWG