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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2003, 7:13 PM CDT for Gray County, Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 24, 2003, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gray County, TX, Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 250013 TORAMA TXC179-393-250115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 712 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF CODMAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAMPA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... PAMPA...MIAMI...LEFORS...KINGSMILL AND CODMAN THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED TWO BRIEF TORNADOES AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THIS STORM IS ONCE AGAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME-TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3535 10107 3535 10055 3581 10056 3583 10108 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 62 min |
| May 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 46 min |
| May 24, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.