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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2002, 7:31 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2002, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Armstrong County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Goodnight, TX | The tornado remained over open country and no damage or injuries were reported. The tornado path length and width were estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 060031 TORAMA TXC011-060100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 728 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST WEST OF WAYSIDE. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF CLAUDE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... WAYSIDE...CLAUDE AND GOODNIGHT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION OVER SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY. TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3497 10159 3479 10161 3478 10109 3506 10110 SLATTERY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 31 min |
| May 5, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 35 min |
| May 5, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 29 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.