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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1990, 8:23 PM CDT for Gray County, Roberts County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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 8, 1990, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gray County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Wheeler, TX | |
| Jun 8, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Gray, 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 090126
TORAMA
TXC179-393-483-090230-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
823 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...GRAY...ROBERTS...WHEELER
AT 820 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADOES WITH SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN ROBERTS COUNTY..10 MILES NORTH OF MIAMI..IN GRAY
COUNTY 10 MILES NORTH OF GROOM..AND IN WHEELER COUNTY 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WHEELER. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING
THE PAST FEW MINUTES.
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.
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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-082215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 415 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 4 PM..THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH WAS LOCATED BETWEEN TUCUMCARI AND CLAYTON..TO JUST NORTH OF AMARILLO. VERY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SC
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003-090055 - SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 640 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... AT 635 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MIAMI AND PAMPA. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO IN A 35 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR DES MOINES SOUTHWARD TO NEAR LOGAN. VERY GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 69 min |
| Jun 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Randall | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 69 min |
| Jun 8, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 57 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.