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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 12, 1994Union County, New Mexico

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1994, 5:07 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1994, 5:07 PM MDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1994, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 12:00Z on 1994-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 730 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 12:00Z on 1994-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 122308
TORAMA
NMC059-130015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
607 PM CDT (507 PM MDT) TUE JUL 12 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT (615 PM MDT)
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY
 
AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SEDAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
RESIDENTS OF SEDAN 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAUnion63 min
Jul 12, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAUnion63 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.