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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 25, 1996Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1996, 6:13 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 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 25, 1996, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1996, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cimarron County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 6:25 PM CDTTornado F1Felt, OK

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 12:00Z on 1996-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1041 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 12:00Z on 1996-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
1041 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 252313
TORAMA
OKC025-260015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
613 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
 
   ...CIMARRON COUNTY
 
AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO...JUST SOUTH OF FELT.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas40 min
May 25, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas60 min
May 25, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas55 min
May 25, 2:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMATexas118 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.