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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 16, 2004Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2004, 7:08 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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
Jun 16, 2004, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cimarron County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1653 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1653 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

160 
WFUS54 KAMA 170008
TORAMA
OKC025-170100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
705 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CIMARRON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS
  PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOISE
  CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 385...AND HIGHWAY 287 SHOULD PROCEED WITH     
  CAUTION. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF      
  BOISE CITY AND KEYES. 

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME-TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3676 10259 3652 10280 3651 10253 3653 10208
      3697 10205 3698 10240

$$

KRAMAR

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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.