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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1990, 6:41 PM CDT for Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 31, 1990, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ochiltree 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Ochiltree, 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 nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 312345
TORAMA
TXC357-010030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
641 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...OCHILTREE
AT 641 PM CDT..THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN OCHILTREE REPORTED A TORNADO 7
MILES SOUTH OF WAKA. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
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. AUSE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
SCWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 31, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
511 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990
STORM REPORT FOR AFTERNOON OF MAY 31 1990
TORNADO REPORTED AT 1709 CDT AT HIWAY 281 AND 70 IN SOUTHERN OCHILTREE
CNTY..APPROX. 21 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYTON..RPTD BY SO
OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE..RPTD
BY HANSFORD CNTY SO
SC
NO REPORTS RECEIVED
6) 1420-1515 CST...SVR TSTM WRNG FOR MOORE COUNTY
1445 CST..ALMOST GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 11 MILES NE OF CHANNING
(IN MOORE CO.)--RPT BY COOP OBSERVER.
7) 1549-1745 CST...SVR TSTM WRNG FOR SRN HALL COUNTY TX
NO REPORTS RECEIVED.
8) 1638-1745 CST...SVR TSTM WRNG FOR CHILDRESS COUNTY TX
1655 CST...PEA TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WEST OF CHILDRESS--
RPT BY K96 RADIO IN CHILDRESS.
OTHER REPORTS
1815 CST...PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO 25 MILES EAST OF FOLSOM NEW
MEXICO (UNION COUNTY). WAS ON GROUND ABOUT 10 MINUTES. TIME
APPROXIMATE.
1857 CST...PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF TURPIN
OKLAHOMA. EYEWITNESSES REPORTED THAT TOUCHDOWN WAS VERY
BRIEF AND THE BASE WAS ONLY 10 TO 20 YARDS WIDE. SMALL
GARAGE WAS BLOWN OVER ONTO A CAR...WINDOW SUCKED OUT OF A
HOME...AND A PICNIC TABLE OVERTURNED.Local storm report, May 31, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX 516 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 STORM REPORT FOR AFTERNOON OF MAY 31 1990 TORNADO REPORTED AT 1709 CDT AT HIWAY 281 AND 70 IN SOUTHERN OCHILTREE CNTY..APPROX. 21 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYTON..RPTD BY SO OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE..RPTD BY HANSFORD CNTY SO SC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 58 min |
| May 31, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 56 min |
| May 31, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 69 min |
| May 31, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 56 min |
| May 31, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 69 min |
| May 31, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 45 min |
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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.