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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 9, 1994Dallam County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1994, 7:17 PM CDT for Dallam County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1994, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Dallam County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 1994-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 594 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1994-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 100019
TORAMA
TXC111-100045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
717 PM CDT MON MAY 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...NORTHERN DALLAM COUNTY
 
AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DALHART JUST WEST OF
HIGHWAY 385. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam56 min
May 9, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam53 min
May 9, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam61 min
May 9, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.