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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 7, 1993Castro County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Castro County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1240 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 080032
TORAMA
TXC069-080100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
730 PM CDT WED JUL 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...WESTERN CASTRO COUNTY
 
AT 729 PM CDT...CASTRO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED A TORNADO IS
ON THE GROUND ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF DIMMITT. IT IS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH.
 
 
ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...A DITCH OR LOW SPOT OFFERS BETTER
PROTECTION THAN YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME.  ABANDON MOBILE HOMES EVEN
IF TIED DOWN.  @DO NOT USE A CAR TO TRY AND OUT RUN A TORNADO.  CARS
ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND AND CAN BECOME MISSILES IN TORNADIC WINDS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Moore65 min
Jul 7, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACastro64 min
Jul 7, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson52 min
Jul 7, 8:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAHutchinson64 min
Jul 7, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts39 min
Jul 7, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACastro46 min
Jul 7, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.