FYI: Tornado warning in Texas Panhandle, issued by National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
419 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS…
SOUTHWESTERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS…
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 410 PM CST…THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR WASHBURN.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DEVELOPING
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CONWAY ON INTERSTATE 40…4 MILES NORTH
OF WASHBURN…OR 14 MILES EAST OF AMARILLO. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE…
PANHANDLE… CLAUDE… WASHBURN…
PANTEX…
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 84 AND 103.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME…TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
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You know what is interesting? I drove right through this storm on Dec. 14th! We were traveling from South Carolina to California and we rode through that storm! Whoa! It was a scary sight. The clouds were dark as all get out and it was severe wind, only letting my car go 60mph! Hail, rain, and we couldn’t see anything on the road and the fields! I was speeding so fast and crashing into tumble weeds because I wanted to get the heck out of there! haha..
The tumble weeds did damage my front bumper a little, so be careful next time!