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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1990, 5:22 PM CDT for Hemphill County, Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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 14, 1990, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hemphill County, TX, Roberts 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 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Hemphill, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAMA 142222
TORAMA
TXC211-393-142330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
522 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...NORTHWESTERN HEMPHILL...NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS
AT 5 17 PM CDT RADAR WAS DETECTING A TORNADO ALONG THE
CANADIAN RIVER IN NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.What 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, Jun 14, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX 418 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 STORM REPORT FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF JUNE 14 1990 1611 CDT - DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE BEAVER COUNTY SHERIFF IN BEAVER OKLAHOMA. RRR
Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:52 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
443 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990
STORM REPORT FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF JUNE 14 1990
1611 CDT..DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE BEAVER
COUNTY SHERIFF IN BEAVER OKLAHOMA.
1635 CDT..FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NORTH OF MIAMI..RTPD BY ROBERTS CNTY SO
1644 CDT..PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANADIAN..RTPD
VIA OUN NWS
SCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 69 min |
| Jun 14, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 48 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.