Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

Apr 21, 1994, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)

Expired

Apr 21, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Carson County, TX

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KAMA 212139
SVRAMA
TXC065-212245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
438 PM CDT THU APR 21 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...WESTERN CARSON COUNTY
 
AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF FRITCH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  IF
OUTSIDE...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.

In the hours before

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>026-220500-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT THU APR 21 1994

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.
HOWEVER...NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

SOUTHERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT HAVE PULLED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BACK ACROSS THE
EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF PANHANDLES WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S GENERALLY EAST
OF A LINE FROM GUYMON TO HEREFORD.

THE RELATIVELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL COLLIDE WITH A
NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLES TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BY 4 PM.  SINCE THE
AIRMASS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLES WILL ONLY BECOME
MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AND LITTLE IF ANY UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT EXISTS...NONE OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.H

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

DH

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.