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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 31, 1993Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1993, 7:11 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1993, 7:11 PM MDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1993, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Quay County, NM

The text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 5:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-010045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
647 PM CDT MON MAY 31 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

AT 635 PM CDT (535 PM MDT)...AMARILLOS DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO.
THE STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI...JUST OVER
THE UTE RESERVIOR.  ANOTHER STORM WAS 30 MILES NORTH OF TUCUMCARI.
YET ANOTHER STORM WAS 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI OR NEAR MOSQUERO.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING INTO MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR.  THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING.  SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
AND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THE MOVE EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

BOATERS IN UTE RESERVIOR SHOULD GET OF OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE
STORMS PASS THROUGH.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

CL

WWUS08KMKC,
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-010045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
647 PM CDT MON MAY 31 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

AT 635 PM CDT (535 PM MDT)...AMARILLOS DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO.
THE STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI...JUST OVER
THE UTE RESERVIOR.  ANOTHER STORM WAS 30 MILES NORTH OF TUCUMCARI.
YET ANOTHER STORM WAS 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI OR NEAR MOSQUERO.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING INTO MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR.  THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING.  SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
AND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THE MOVE EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

BOATERS IN UTE RESERVIOR SHOULD GET OF OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE
STORMS PASS THROUGH.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

CL
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:45 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-010145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
745 PM CDT MON MAY 31 1993

...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

AT 735 PM CDT (635 PM MDT)...AMARILLOS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN
AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON
TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA
WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON...OR EAST OF GLADSTONE.  ANOTHER
STORM WAS HALF WAY BETWEEN TUCUMCARI AND CLAYTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
AMISTAD AND A THIRD STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI.

THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AND ARE
EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGY NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE WESTERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING.  SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
AND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THE MOVE EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

AT 708 PM CDT (608 PM MDT) SMALL HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM THE
STORMS NEAR UTE RESERVIOR.

OTHER LESS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN 30 MILES NORTHWEST TO
EAST AND SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCAIR.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

CL

WUUS01KPUB,
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:45 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-008-009-012-013-010145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
745 PM CDT MON MAY 31 1993

...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

AT 735 PM CDT (635 PM MDT)...AMARILLOS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN
AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON
TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA
WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON...OR EAST OF GLADSTONE.  ANOTHER
STORM WAS HALF WAY BETWEEN TUCUMCARI AND CLAYTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
AMISTAD AND A THIRD STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI.

THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AND ARE
EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGY NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE WESTERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING.  SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
AND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THE MOVE EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

AT 708 PM CDT (608 PM MDT) SMALL HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM THE
STORMS NEAR UTE RESERVIOR.

OTHER LESS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN 30 MILES NORTHWEST TO
EAST AND SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCAIR.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

CL

WUUS01KPUB,

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:33 PM MDTTornado WarningAMAHartley42 min
May 31, 10:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Roberts63 min
May 31, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron62 min
May 31, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAUnion51 min

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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.