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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 29, 1991Potter County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1991, 6:59 PM CDT for Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 29, 1991, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1991, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Potter County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 7:29 PM CDTHail 1.75Potter, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 318 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1991-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1991-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam33 min
May 28, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley, Oldham69 min
May 28, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley47 min
May 28, 10:03 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHartley27 min
May 28, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore, Oldham44 min
May 28, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore48 min
May 29, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Moore61 min
May 29, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman41 min
May 29, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Moore63 min
May 29, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford64 min
May 29, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson58 min
May 29, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall55 min
May 29, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Briscoe, Swisher67 min
May 29, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree27 min
May 29, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree56 min
May 29, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall55 min
May 29, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter, Randall31 min
May 28, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAQuay42 min
May 28, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAQuay45 min

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.