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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1990, 11:58 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 24, 1990, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 25, 12:17 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Wheeler, 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 250459
TORAMA
TXC483-250600-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1158 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
...WHEELER
AT 1158 PM CDT...THE FIRE DEPT AT SHAMROCK REPORTS A TORNADO JUST
WEST OF SHAMROCK TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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 C#ARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.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, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 39 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 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.