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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 13, 1994Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1994, 6:24 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1994, 6:24 PM MDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1994, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Quay County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 6:35 PM MDTTornado F0San Jon, NMThe San Jon Fire Department reported a brief tornado and nickel-size hail just north of San Jon. Strong winds estimated at 60 mph and nickel-size hail were reported at the San Jon Port of Entry.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1994-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1174 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 1994-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 140024
TORAMA
NMC037-140100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
724 PM CDT (624 PM MDT) WED JUL 13 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT (700 PM MDT)
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...EASTERN QUAY COUNTY
 
AT 722 PM CDT(622 PM MDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF SAN JON MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. PEOPLE IN SAN JON SHOULD 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.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.