Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1990, 5:56 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 24, 1990, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wheeler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:51 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Wheeler, 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 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 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 24, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003- 242200 -
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
420PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE PAST
HOUR. THE DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
AT 4PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN PLAINVIEW AND CLAREDON.
MOVEME
MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
REMEMBER...A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO.Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003- 242200 -
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX...CORRECTION...
420PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE PAST
HOUR. THE DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
AT 4PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN PLAINVIEW AND CLAREDON.
MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF
THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.
MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
REMEMBER...A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO.Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003- 242200 -
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX...CORRECTION...
420PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE PAST
HOUR. THE DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
AT 4PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN PLAINVIEW AND CLAREDON.
MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF
THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.
MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
REMEMBER...A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO.Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:19 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
519 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
STORM REPORT FOR APRIL 24 1990
1) 1532-1630 CST...SVR TSTM WRNG FOR DONLEY CNTY
1534-1540 CST...PING PONG SIZE TO A LITTLE LARGER THAN GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL..2 SW OF CLARENDON..RPTD BY CLARENDON PD
1541 CST...QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON..RPTD BY CLARENDON PD
1605 CST...QARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON..RPTD BY SPOTTER
WSO..AMA
SCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 67 min |
| Apr 23, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 2 hr |
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.