Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1990, 9:41 PM CDT for Moore County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1990, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Moore County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 100241
SVRAMA
TXC341-357-100345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
941 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...MOORE...OCHILTREE
AT 945 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 NORTHWEST
OF DUMAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN THIS THUNDERSTORM.
RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF PERRYTON
MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE= WATER COVERS THE ROAD.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021-
KSZ003-006- 092145
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
345 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 113 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT FOR CHILDRESS AND COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES OF THE SOUTHEAST
TEXAS PANDHANDLE...
AT 315 PM CDT HAIL UP TO 1/2 IN IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN GUYMON
OKLAHOMA...BY RADIO STATION KGYN.
AT 330 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL JUST NORTHEAST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
OTHER LESS INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER CIMARRON
COUNTY OF THE WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA...AND THOSE IN TEXAS COUNTY OF THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF+ SAFETY IF
THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED.Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
608 PM CST MON APR 9 1990
STORM REPORT FOR AFTERNOON OF APRIL 9, 1990
1535 CST...QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC ABOUT
4 MILE NORTH OF BRYANS CORNER (INTERSECTION OF HWY 3 AND 83)
HAIL WAS SOFT AND BROKE UP ON IMPACT. BEAVER COUNTY
1604 CST...AROUND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SHE=RIFF'S DEPUTY 2
MILES NORTH OF ELMWOOD (BEAVER COUNTY). SIZE WAS DIFFICULT
TO DETERMINE SINCE HAIL WAS SLUSHY AND BROKE UP ON IMPACT.
WSO..AMA
TWGLocal storm report, Apr 9, 6:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT ...TIME CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
608 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
STORM REPORT FOR AFTERNOON OF APRIL 9, 1990
1535 CST...QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC ABOUT
4 MILE NORTH OF BRYANS CORNER (INTERSECTION OF HWY 3 AND 83)
HAIL WAS SOFT AND BROKE UP ON IMPACT. BEAVER COUNTY
1604 CST...AROUND GOLFBALL SI>ZE HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY 2
MILES NORTH OF ELMWOOD (BEAVER COUNTY). SIZE WAS DIFFICULT
TO DETERMINE SINCE HAIL WAS SLUSHY AND BROKE UP ON IMPACT.
WSO..AMA
TWGSpecial weather statement, Apr 9, 6:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021-
KSZ003-006-100038-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
638 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 113 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT FOR CHILDRESS AND COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES OF THE SOUTHEAST
TEXAS PANDHANDLE...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR TEXAS AND BEAVER COUNTIES OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...
AT 628 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL...OVER CIMARRON COUNTY OF THE
WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED JUST SOUTH OF
BOISE CITY...AND ON THE OKLAHOMA/COLORADO STATE LINE...NORTH OF BOISE
CITY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO BETWEEN CLAYTON AND TUCUMCARIA.
NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH
PORTION OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021-
KSZ003-006-100038-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
740 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 113 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT FOR CHILDRESS AND COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES OF THE SOUTHEAST
TEXAS PANDHANDLE...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR TEXAS AND BEAVER COUNTIES OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...
AT 733 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST
CORNER OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS BETWEEN PADUCAH AND CHILDRESS. LITTLE
MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS NOTED. MEANWHILE...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
IN THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE SOUTH PLAINS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MATADOR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTION
OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WEST OF DALHART TEXAS NEAR THE STATE LINE AND EAST
OF KEYES IN OKLHOMA. A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE IN SOUTHWEST
KANSAS AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. ALL MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.
PERSONS JIN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:53 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021-
KSZ003-006-100038-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
855 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 113 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT FOR CHILDRESS AND COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES OF THE SOUTHEAST
TEXAS PANDHANDLE...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR TEXAS AND BEAVER COUNTIES OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...
AT 835 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS...THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS 20 MILES EAST OF CHILDRESS. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTION
OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST
KANSAS. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS JUST SOUTH OF DALHART. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 64 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.