Tornado Warning 17, NWS Amarillo, TX

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TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1250 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES TODAY.  ALSO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TO DEVELOP A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING WINDS TO TURN TO
THE SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES.  ALSO...A COLD FRONT IS MOVING
SOUTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO.

THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IN COMBINATION WITH THE SURFAC TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE AND SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SET-OFF
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PANHANDLES
THIS AFTERNOON.

DUE TO FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WINDS...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE.  THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THESE STORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO
AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE PANHANDLES THEN DRIFT EASTWARD INTO THE
REST OF THE REGION.

SPOTTER GROUPS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IF NECESSARY.

DH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
237 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE
   NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND
   NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 230 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO FORM ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE FROM
15 MILES WEST OF CANADIAN SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF PAMPA. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WAS JUST WEST OF PAMPA NEAR SKELLYTOWN.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HOUR FROM MORSE
SOUTHWEST TO STINETT AND FOUR WAY.
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ELSEWHERE...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS
CIMARRON COUNTY OF THE WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ACROSS
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON NEAR PASAMONTE.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE...AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
337 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTHCENTRAL
   TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 330 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY BETWEEN CONWAY AND
CLAUDE AND SOUTHWEST OF CLAUDE. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...STRETCHED FROM WEST OF
FOLLET SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SPEARMAN AND STINNETT.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED ACROSS
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO FROM NORTH OF CLAYTON SOUTH TO NEAR ROSEBUD.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE
   NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND
   NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONsS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
441 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH AND
   SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 430 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
LOCATED IN ARMSTRONG...SOUTHERN CARSON...AND NORTHEAST HUTCHINSON
COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN
NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
STINNETT.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND
MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST
OF BEAVER IN THE EAST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR STINNETT
AND FOUR WAY.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HOUR ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR INTO WESTERN DALLAM AND HARTLEY
COUNTIES OF THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE
   NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND
   NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.