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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 4, 1998Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 1998, 8:14 PM CDT for Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
Aug 4, 1998, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Ochiltree County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 1998-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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 1998-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 050114 RRA
TORAMA
TXC357-050145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
814 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 814 PM CDT... LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO 9 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PERRYTON MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PERRYTON BY 820 PM CDT

GO TO A STORM CELLAR OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.