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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1993, 9:33 PM CDT for Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1993, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1993, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hartley County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 010233 TORAMA TXC205-010315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 933 PM CDT MON MAY 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...SOUTHERN HARTLEY COUNTY AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN HARTLEY COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF CHANNING. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CHANNING TAKE COVER NOW!!! IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS OR PILLOWS. IF SIRENS GO OFF...DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE. THE SIRENS MEAN YOU ARE IN DANGER. SEEK SHELTER.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 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, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 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, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 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, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.