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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1989, 12:02 AM CDT for Donley County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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
- Jun 12, 1989, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1989, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Donley 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Donley, TX | |
| Jun 12, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Donley, TX | |
| Jun 12, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Donley, 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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 120502
TORAMA
TXC129-120530-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1202 AM CDT MON JUN 12 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...DONLEY
AT 1201 AM CDT...AMARILLO RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES
NORTH OF CLARENDON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR4. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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 11, 7:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
TTAASP KAMA 120031 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 735 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...AND THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DALLAM COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 725 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOISE CITY IN THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND IN THE VICINITY OF DALHART OF THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 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 FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
TTAASP KAMA 120242 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 940 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... AT 934 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN THE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE...BETWEEN BUSLAND AND THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE...5 MILES EAST OF STINNETT...AND IN THE VICINITY OF LIBERAL KANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 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 FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:54 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1150 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM FOR THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 1131 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... 15 MILES WIDE...FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... TO THE VICINITY OF MCLEAN...THEN TO JUST EAST OF CANYON. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN THIS LINE ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...WESTERN OKLAHOMA ...AND THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE)SE 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 FOR 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 11, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 12:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hall | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 12:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Childress | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 69 min |
| Jun 12, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Briscoe | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 69 min |
| Jun 12, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Potter | 68 min |
| Jun 12, 6:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 99 min |
| Jun 12, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 40 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.