Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 1991, 4:28 PM CDT for Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- May 23, 1991, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1991, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hall County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:51 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Hall, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 232129 TORAMA TXC191-232215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 428 PM CDT THU MAY 23 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...HALL COUNTY AT 422 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEMPHIS IN HALL COUNTY TEXAS. THE STORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL REACH ESTELLINE NEAR THE HALL CHILDRESS COUNTY LINE BY 500 PM. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Childress, Collingsworth, Hall | 59 min |
| May 22, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 51 min |
| May 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 68 min |
| May 23, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 57 min |
| May 23, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 45 min |
| May 23, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 57 min |
| May 23, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hall | 65 min |
| May 23, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 65 min |
| May 23, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 59 min |
| May 23, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 56 min |
| May 23, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 67 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991
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.