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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1990, 9:51 PM CDT for Hemphill County, Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1990, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb 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, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Lipscomb, TX | |
| Apr 24, 10:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Lipscomb, 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 250254
TORAMA
TXC211-295-250330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
951 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...NORTHEASTERN HEMPHILL...SOUTHEASTERN LIPSCOMB
AT 950 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HIGGINS TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGGINS AREA.
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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 1:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Moore | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.