Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1997, 8:02 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
- May 7, 1997, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 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 01:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:06 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Groom, TX |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 080103 RRA TORAMA TXC065-080130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 802 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...EASTERN CARSON COUNTY AT 756 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE DEER. THE TORNADO WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL CROSS INTO GRAY COUNTY AROUND 815 PM CDT. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Potter | 68 min |
| May 7, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 65 min |
| May 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 62 min |
| May 7, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 52 min |
| May 7, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 68 min |
| May 7, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 63 min |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 69 min |
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 30 min |
| May 7, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 28 min |
| May 7, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.