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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2002, 7:59 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2002, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 060059 TORAMA TXC011-060130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 756 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS EXTENDED THE * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF GOODNIGHT...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAUDE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * AT 750 PM CDT... TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS REPORT BROKEN TELEPHONE POLES ALONG FM 285 AND COUNTY ROAD EIGHT. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... WAYSIDE AND GOODNIGHT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3500 10157 3476 10158 3479 10112 3506 10115 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, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 29 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
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.