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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 22, 1995Hutchinson County, Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1995, 3:59 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 22, 1995, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hutchinson County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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 22, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Stinnett, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 969 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -289 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 222058
TORAMA
TXC233-357-222145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
359 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES EAST OF STINNETT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR. IT APPEARS THAT THIS TORNADO WILL BE OVER OPEN COUNTRY.
 
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.
 
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. AVOID
WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR REINFORCED BUILDINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	29 min
May 22, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	69 min
May 22, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson	36 min
May 22, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Roberts	63 min
May 22, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray	67 min
May 22, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	65 min
May 22, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray	42 min
May 22, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	66 min
May 22, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Wheeler	61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.