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Tornado Watch 357

May 25, 2000Clark County, Meade County, Kansas; Beaver County, Harmon County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 19 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 25, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas; Beaver County, Harmon County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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.

Warnings issued inside it

24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter40 min
May 25, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore37 min
May 25, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill46 min
May 25, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall42 min
May 25, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAWheeler41 min
May 25, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley37 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson46 min
May 25, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill41 min
May 25, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter, Randall50 min
May 25, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray39 min
May 25, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade40 min
May 25, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall49 min
May 25, 9:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAGray68 min
May 25, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall62 min
May 25, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson66 min
May 25, 10:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb80 min
May 25, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong67 min
May 25, 11:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall3 hr
May 25, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray39 min
May 25, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMACarson3 hr
May 25, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBSwisher40 min
May 25, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall39 min
May 25, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAGray3 hr
May 25, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Hall48 min

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 473 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 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
473 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

157 
WWUS9 KMKC 252313
SEL7  
MKC WW 252313
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-260500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 357
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
613 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS                             
   EXTREME WESTERN OKLAHOMA
   OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE                        
   TEXAS PANHANDLE                              

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO TEXAS TO
15 MILES SOUTH OF GAGE OKLAHOMA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 352...WW 353...WW
354...WW 355...WW 356...

DISCUSSION...STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE AND DEVELOP ACROSS THE TX
PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS TROUGH OVER ERN NM MOVES
EWD.  AIR MASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILZE AS PRESSURE FALLS INDICATE
WARM ADVECTION.  TORNADO THREAT IS EXPECTED AS SHEAR INCREASES NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 650. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.


...MCCARTHY

364,1020 372,0994 344,0994 335,1020

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 9 more5 hr
May 24, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 5 more6 hr
May 25, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Garfield, Garvin and 21 more5 hr
May 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCimarron5 hr
May 25, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJackson5 hr

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.