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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 24, 1990Gray County, Wheeler County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1990, 6:38 PM CDT for Gray County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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: Apr 24, 1990, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Gray 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
Apr 24, 6:51 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Wheeler, TX
Apr 24, 7:05 PM CDT	Hail 1	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 text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 242340
TORAMA
TXC179-483-250015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
638 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
          ...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY...WESTERN WHEELER
 
AT 635 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST
OF MCLEAN TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SPOTTERS
HAVE SIGHTED SEVERL FUNNELS AND TORNADOES IN THIS VICINITY.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABMLE.  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

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003- 242200 -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
 420PM  CDT TUE APR 24 1990

 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
    TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE PAST
HOUR. THE DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

AT 4PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN PLAINVIEW AND CLAREDON.

MOVEME
MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

REMEMBER...A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO.

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003- 242200 -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX...CORRECTION...
420PM  CDT TUE APR 24 1990

 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
    TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE PAST
HOUR. THE DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

AT 4PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN PLAINVIEW AND CLAREDON.

MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF
THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

REMEMBER...A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO.

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

TXZ001>009-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>003- 242200 -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX...CORRECTION...
420PM  CDT TUE APR 24 1990

 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
    TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE PAST
HOUR. THE DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

AT 4PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN PLAINVIEW AND CLAREDON.

MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF
THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.
MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

REMEMBER...A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
519 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990

STORM REPORT FOR APRIL 24 1990

1)  1532-1630 CST...SVR TSTM WRNG FOR DONLEY CNTY
      1534-1540 CST...PING PONG SIZE TO A LITTLE LARGER THAN GOLFBALL
                      SIZE HAIL..2 SW OF CLARENDON..RPTD BY CLARENDON PD
      1541 CST...QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON..RPTD BY CLARENDON PD
      1605 CST...QARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARENDON..RPTD BY SPOTTER

WSO..AMA
SC

Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
638 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990

STORM REPORT FOR APRIL 24 1990

1707 CST (1807 CDT)...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3 S OF MCLEAN..RPTD BY GRAY SO
1711 CST (1811 CDT)...TORNADO 5 S OF MCLEAN..TOUCHED DOWN 2 TIMES IN OPEN
     COUNTRY..NO DAMAGE..RPTD BY DONLEY AND GRAY CNTY SO
1716 CST (1816 CDT)...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 S OF MCLEAN..RPTD BY GRAY SO
1728 CST (1828 CDT)...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3-4 S OF MCLEAN...RPTD BY KGRAY SO

WSO..AMA
SC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Briscoe	45 min
Apr 23, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	67 min
Apr 23, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Briscoe	53 min
Apr 23, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Wheeler	63 min
Apr 23, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	59 min
Apr 24, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	58 min
Apr 24, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley, Gray	64 min
Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	64 min
Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray	32 min
Apr 24, 6:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Gray, Wheeler	2 hr

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.