Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2001, 7:43 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2001, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Carson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:52 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | White Deer, TX | |
| Apr 30, 7:59 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | White Deer, TX | |
| Apr 30, 8:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Panhandle, TX | |
| Apr 30, 8:23 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Panhandle, TX | |
| Apr 30, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Panhandle, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 010044 TORAMA TXC065-010130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 743 PM CDT MON APR 30 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CARSON COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE DEER... OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF PANHANDLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM THIS STORM. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... PANHANDLE...SKELLYTOWN AND WHITE DEER A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME-TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3562 10162 3519 10160 3520 10111 3561 10109
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.