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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1994, 6:51 PM CDT for Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1994, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 448 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 282353 TORAMA TXC393-290045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 651 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 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 ROBERTS COUNTY AT 650 PM CDT...AMARILLO DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A POSSIBLE DEVELOPING TORNADO IN NORTHERN ROBERTS COUNTY...OVER THE CANADIAN RIVER. THIS STORM WAS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 70 AND THE EASTERN ROBERTS COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR REINFORCED BUILDINGS.
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 28, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>026-290500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH ADEQUATE MOISTURE HAS RESULTED IN A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES IN THE ATMOSPHERE HAVE WARMED DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS MID LEVEL WARMING...SOMETIMES KNOWN AS A CAP ...IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON...PROVIDING AN INCREASINGLY UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THUNDERSTORM FORMATION. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE LIKELY TODAY. ANDRADE
Special weather statement, May 28, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>026-290500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 245 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOISE CITY OKLAHOMA TO CHILDRESS TEXAS. THE ATMOSPHERE HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE DURING THE MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THIS AREA. IF THIS TREND PERSISTS...THEN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DO FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERIC WIND PROFILE IS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN NORTHEAST HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. ANDRADE
Special weather statement, May 28, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>026-290500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 245 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOISE CITY OKLAHOMA TO CHILDRESS TEXAS. THE ATMOSPHERE HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE DURING THE MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THIS AREA. IF THIS TREND PERSISTS...THEN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DO FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERIC WIND PROFILE IS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN NORTHEAST HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. ANDRADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.