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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 10, 1989Childress County, Hall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1989, 8:28 PM CDT for Childress County, Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 1989, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Childress County, TX, Hall County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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 tornado 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, Jun 10, 2:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
545 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN
NEW MEXICO...

AT 535 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXIO AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS.

BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL
HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATIONS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
645 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN
NEW MEXICO...

AT 635 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS EASTERN
NEW MEXIO AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THE
STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS JUST SOUTH OF ROSEBUD NEW MEXICO AND EAST OF LUBBOCK
IN DICKENS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATIONS FOWR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hall	64 min
Jun 10, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Briscoe, Donley	61 min
Jun 10, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	64 min
Jun 10, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Swisher	55 min
Jun 10, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	55 min
Jun 10, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	69 min
Jun 10, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	69 min
Jun 10, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hutchinson, Moore	37 min
Jun 10, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Randall	63 min
Jun 10, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth	63 min
Jun 10, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson, Roberts	68 min
Jun 10, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	49 min
Jun 10, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Wheeler	63 min
Jun 10, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson, Roberts	62 min
Jun 11, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	69 min
Jun 10, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	68 min
Jun 10, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	69 min
Jun 10, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	64 min
Jun 10, 11:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Beaver	2 hr

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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.