Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1997, 7:12 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1997, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
420 WFUS1 KAMA 150013 RRA TORAMA TXC065-150100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 712 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...NORTHEASTERN CARSON COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT...CARSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF SKELLYTOWN. THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL APPROACH SKELLYTOWN BY 715 PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...DO NOT WATCH FOR THE TORNADO. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDINGS. AS A LAST RESORT... FIND A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.