Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1997, 5:10 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 14, 1997, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Canyon, TX | Brief touchdown at Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Tornado remained over open country and track was estimated. |
| Jun 14, 5:32 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Canyon, TX | |
| Jun 14, 6:17 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Amarillo, TX | Report from Loop 335 and Osage Street and Washington Street. |
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 2:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-150500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70 ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THIS EVENING. THIS MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE A MODERATE TO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE AREA. WIND PROFILES SUGGEST THAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL TURN THE WEATHER THREAT TO FLASH FLOODING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ON SUNDAY...THE INGREDIENTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES TOWARD THE AREA FROM NEW MEXICO. A SURFACE DRYLINE WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA EARLY IN THE DAY TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. COBB
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-150500- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70 ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THIS EVENING. THIS MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE A MODERATE TO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE AREA. WIND PROFILES SUGGEST THAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL TURN THE WEATHER THREAT TO FLASH FLOODING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ON SUNDAY...THE INGREDIENTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES TOWARD THE AREA FROM NEW MEXICO. A SURFACE DRYLINE WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA EARLY IN THE DAY TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. COBB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hartley | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Moore | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Moore | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.