Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
405 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 1991

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4PM UNTIL 11 PM CDT SATURDAY
EVENING FOR EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
...AND THE WESTERN THREE FOURTHS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO...UNION..CURRY..QUAY
AND ROOSEVELT...AND INCLUDES CIMARRON..TEXAS..AND BEAVER COUNTIES
IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THE FOLLOWING TEXAS COUNTIES ARE
INCLUDED DALLAM..HARTLEY..OLDHAM..DEAF SMITH..PARMER..CASTRO..
SHERMAN..MOORE..POTTER..RANDALL..SWISHER..HANSFORD..HUTCHINSON..
CARSON..ARMSTRONG..BRISCOE..OCHILTREE..ROBERTS..GRAY..DONLEY AND
HALL.

TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO  OR TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS...SAFETY PRECAUTIONS...AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
440 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 1991

...TORNADO WATCH #315 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
   THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE..AND THE WESTERN THREE FOURTHS OF THE
   TEXAS PANHANDLE...

AT 425 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM WESTERN HARTLEY COUNTY NORTH INTO WESTERN DALLAM COUNTY. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS DETECTED BETWEEN TEXLINE AND DALHART. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE NORTH AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE PANHANDLES UNTIL
11 PM CDT SATURDAY. R_EMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 1991

...TORNADO WATCH #315 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
   THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE..AND THE WESTERN THREE FOURTHS OF THE
   TEXAS PANHANDLE...

AT 525 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE WEST PART OF DALLAM COUNTY NORTH ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY
INTO THE SOUTHEAST TIP OF COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINS WERE SHOWN 10 MILES EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF TEXLINE IN DALLAM COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO CIMARRON COUNTY SOUTH OF BOISE CITY DURING
THE NEXT HOUR...AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR IN THE SOUTH
PLAINS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE AREA. REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
640 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 1991

...TORNADO WATCH #315 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
   THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE..AND THE WESTERN THREE FOURTHS OF THE
   TEXAS PANHANDLE...

AT 625 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
INCREASING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS FROM JUST NORTH OF ABERNATHY NORTH
TO AROUND PLAINVIEW AND INTO WESTERN SWISHER COUNTY TO NEAR HAPPY.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAINS AS THEY MOVE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE INDICATED NORTHWEST OF PLAINVIEW AND WEST OF KRESS...AND WILL
BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN SWISHER COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

ANOTHER ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN IN THE NORTHWEST
PANHANDLES BETWEEN TEXLINE AND BOISE CITY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVES NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR
INTO CIMARRON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE AREA UNTIL
11PM CDT. TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.

ASK YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY TO FOREWARD YOUR SEVERE
WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
705 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 1991

FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF MAY 11 1991

700 PM CDT...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN NAZARETH (ERN CASTRO CNTY)...REPORTED
    BY DPS

701 PM CDT...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN HART (SOUTHEAST CASTRO CNTY)...REPORTED
    BY CASTRO CNTY SO

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