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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2002, 9:31 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Collingsworth County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 060231 TORAMA TXC087-060300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 930 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS EXTENDED THE * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 930 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 SOUTHWEST OF WELLINGTON... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... WELLINGTON A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME-TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3489 10035 3476 10047 3476 10003 3486 10005 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, 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 |
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.