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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX

January 16, 1990Collingsworth County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 16, 1990, 3:58 PM CST for Collingsworth County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 1990, 3:58 PM CST (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 1990, 4:45 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Collingsworth 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1990-01-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 162211 RRA
TORAMA
TXC087-162245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...RETRANSMISSION
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
358 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
          ...EASTERN COLLINGSWORTH
 
AT 356 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN AMARILLO AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 4 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF WELLINGTON.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
TWG

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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.