Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1990, 11:10 AM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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
- May 29, 1990, 11:10 AM MDT (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1990, 12:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Roosevelt County, NM
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 11:37 AM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Roosevelt, NM |
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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 291713
SVRAMA
NMC041-291815-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1210 PM CDT (1110 AM MDT) TUE MAY 29 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT (1215 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
...ROOSEVELT
AT 1102 AM MDT..DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SOURTHERN ROOSEVELT
COUNTY..NEAR MINESAND. MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANmCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SCWhat 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, May 29, 5:46 AM MDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-291245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 645 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 632 AM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTH PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE..EXTENDING INTO THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM THE BORGER AREA NORTH ACROSS THE GRUVER AREA TO JUST EAST OF GOODWELL OKLAHOMA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ..VERY HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL..AND BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE..AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE TULIA AREA. STAY TUNED TO RADIO TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:47 AM MDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-291345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 745 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 728 AM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..OCCURRING OVER AN AREA SOME 60 MILES WIDE ..EXTENDING FROM THE LOBBOCK AREA..NORTH ACROSS AMARILLO INTO THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING JUST EAST OF THE CANYON AREA..JUST NORTH OF TULIA..AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN STRATFORD AND PERRYTON. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY PRODUCE BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ..ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND NOT CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. STAY TUNED TO RADIO TV OR NOAA WEATHE R RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:42 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-291530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 940 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 728 AM CDT...AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.. SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..OCCURRING IN ROBERTS..GRAY..SWISHER.. AND BRISCOE COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES WEST OF CANADIAN..IN THE VICINITY OF MCLEAN..AND 10 AND 25 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF TULIA RESPECTIVELY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE EAST HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THREE-FOURTHS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY PRODUCE BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ..ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND NOT CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:44 AM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-291530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 940 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 926 AM CDT...AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.. SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..OCCURRING IN ROBERTS..GRAY..SWISHER.. AND BRISCOE COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES WEST OF CANADIAN..IN THE VICINITY OF MCLEAN..AND 10 AND 25 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF TULIA RESPECTIVELY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE EAST HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THREE-FOURTHS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY PRODUCE BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ..ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND NOT CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-291530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 940 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 926 AM CDT...AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.. SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..OCCURRING IN ROBERTS..GRAY..SWISHER.. AND BRISCOE COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES WEST OF CANADIAN..IN THE VICINITY OF MCLEAN..AND 10 AND 25 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF TULIA RESPECTIVELY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE EAST HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THREE-FOURTHS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY PRODUCE BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ..ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND NOT CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
Special weather statement, May 29, 11:02 AM MDT, 8 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-291730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1159 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTH- EAST NEW MEXICO... AT 1134 AM CDT...AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.. SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..OCCURRING IN DONLEY..COLLINGSWORTH.. AND HALL COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN QUAY COUNTY OF NEW MEXICO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA..THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE..SOUTHWEST KANSAS..AND MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEA SIZED HAS BEEN REPORTED AT PASAMONTE IN SOUTHWEST UNION COUNTY OF NEW MEXICO BY THE WEATHER OBSERVER. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL..AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF LOW` LAND FLOODING. THEREFORE..MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE CARE AND NOT DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSINGS IF THE DEPTH IS NOT KNOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.