Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

Jun 9, 1990, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 9, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hansford County, TX, Sherman County, TX

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

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.

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TTAA00 KAMA 100104
SVRAMA
TXC195-421-100130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
802 PM CDT  JUN 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
          ...NORTHWESTERN HANSFORD...NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN
 
AT 801 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHEAST SHERMAN COUNTY..ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF STRATFORD. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST 12 MILES AN HOUR..AND SHOULD
MOVE THROUGH NORTHWESTERN HANSFORD COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 20
MINTES.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
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.
WPR

In the hours before

TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021-
KSZ003-006-092240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
440 PM CDT SAT JUN 9  1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS
 AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES UNTIL 10 PM...

AT 430 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO..THE NORTH THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE..THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND WEST OKLAHOMA. LOCALLY
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO..25 MILES
SOUTH OF CLAYTON. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO NOTED NEAR TEXLINE..IN
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

ELSEWHERE...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS..15 MILES SOUTH OF CHILDRESS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER
SITUATION.
WPR

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.