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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 21, 1990Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1990, 10:04 AM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 21, 1990, 10:04 AM MDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1990, 10:45 AM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Quay 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 10:10 AM MDTHail 1Quay, 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 758 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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, Jun 21, 9:46 AM MDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021-
KSZ003-006- 211645

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
 1045 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 1035 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING TWO
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...ONE NEAR GRADY AND THE
OTHER BY BROADVIEW.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...SOME
HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THESE STORMS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:47 AM MDT, 17 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021-
KSZ003-006-211645

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1045 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 1035 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING TWO
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...ONE NEAR GRADY AND THE
OTHER BY BROADVIEW.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...SOME
HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THESE STORMS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:53 AM MDT, 11 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021-
KSZ003-006-211645

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1045 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 1035 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING TWO
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...ONE NEAR GRADY AND THE
OTHER BY BROADVIEW.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...SOME
HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THESE STORMS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 11:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOldham55 min
Jun 21, 12:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Randall64 min
Jun 21, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts67 min
Jun 21, 3:29 PM MDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree31 min
Jun 21, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Moore58 min
Jun 21, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill61 min
Jun 21, 1:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron, Texas64 min
Jun 21, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver69 min
Jun 21, 2:52 PM MDTTornado WarningAMABeaver53 min
Jun 21, 3:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAQuay69 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.