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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1607 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 030146 TORAMA TXC065-030215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 845 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...CARSON COUNTY AT 844 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORT A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF PANHANDLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE BETWEEN PANHANDLE AND WHITE DEER SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW. 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. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jul 2, 8:34 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 8:34 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 830 PM CDT SUN JUL 02 1995 SURFACE TROUGH TO AFFECT PNHDLS DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. AT THE SAME TIME SHWVS TO MOV>E THROUGH THE AREA. INSTABILITY PEAKS THROUGH MONDAY AND SHIFTS EASTWARD. CHC OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. GRIDDED DATA SHOWS A JET BUILDING TOWARD AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. .AMA...NONE .OK...NONE WYNNE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ002-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 640 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERMAN COUNTY AT 0635 PM CDT. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY. SHOWERS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER SHERMAN COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR. COPLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ002-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 640 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERMAN0 COUNTY AT 0635 PM CDT. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY. SHOWERS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER SHERMAN COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR. COPLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.