Tornado Warning 28, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

Jun 29, 1999, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1999, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, 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.

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TTAA00 KAMA 300224 RRA
TORAMA
TXC065-233-300330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
922 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
  SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS
  PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SKELLYTOWN...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BORGER...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. LARGE    
  HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THE STORM. LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY FALL    
  OVER SOUTHEASTERN CARSON COUNTY WELL BEFORE THE TORNADIC PORTION   
  OF THE STORM ARRIVES

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SKELLYTOWN AT 930 PM CDT
  WHITE DEER AT 945 PM CDT
  
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.

LAT...LON 3572 10110 3567 10135 3518 10137 ^3519 10108

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 29, 2:45 PM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
245 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999

SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS NW TEXAS HAVE HELPED DEW POINTS TO RISE
ALL DAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES...AND AFTERNOON TEMPS HAVE WELL
SURPASSED YESTERDAYS HIGHS. THE LOCATION OF THE WARM FRONT WILL
AGAIN A FACTOR FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...SURFACE
TROUGH DEEPENING ACROSS SE CO WILL HAVE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE FOR
CONVECTION INITIATION WITHOUT THE FRONT. TS DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY
BEGINNING ALONG CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY IN SE CO AND NE NM...ALSO
SURFACE PLOTS SHOWS A LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY EXTENDING
ACROSS THE WESTERN PANHANDLES. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS AREA CLOSELY
THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.

MODELS STILL INDICATE A WEAK SHORT WAVE AND SPEED MAX TO MOVE OVER
PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING TO FURTHER SPARK AND SUSTAIN
CONVECTION. ONE QUESTION IS PINPOINTING POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR MCS
DEVELOPMENT AND TRACKING OVER NIGHT.

WEDNESDAY WE WILL BE IN WARM MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR ONCE AGAIN
WITH A SHORT WAVE PASSING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...THIS MAY HELP
SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM AGAIN ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES.

THURSDAY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN WITH NO STRONG UPPER SUPPORT FOR
CONVECTION...BUT DIURNAL HEATING MAY BE ENOUGH FOR SOME LATE
THUNDERSTORMS.

IN THE EXTENDED
NO MAJOR CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED...CONTINUED HOT WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF CONVECTION EACH DAY.

PRELIM CCF...
AMA 65/90 67/95 68 533

.AMA...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

N. DIPASQUALE

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