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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 9, 2005Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 7:57 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 min. 3 reports 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: Jun 9, 2005, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Beaver County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 9, 8:06 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	5 Nw Forgan, OK	TORNADO START TIME 8:06 PM / END TIME 8:08 PM; ACCORDING TO TOPSCAN
Jun 9, 8:06 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	5 W Floris, OK	TORNADO START TIME 8:06 PM / END TIME 8:08 PM; ACCORDING TO TOPSCAN
Jun 9, 8:06 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Nw Forgan, OK	TORNADO START TIME 6:06 PM / END TIME 6:08 PM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 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.

000 
WFUS54 KAMA 100058
TORAMA
OKC007-100130-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0010.050610T0057Z-050610T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
757 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLORIS...OR
  ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MOCANE AND FORGAN.

TRAINED SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED A WELL DEFINED ROTATING WALL CLOUD 
WITH THIS STORM.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1.

LAT...LON 3653 10095 3652 10048 3697 10016 3698 10092

$$

KRAMAR

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 100114
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
812 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

OKC007-100130-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050610T0130Z/
BEAVER OK-
812 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR BEAVER COUNTY...

AT 806 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED BRIEF TORNADOES 5 MILES 
WEST OF FLORIS AND 5 MILES NORTHEWEST OF FORGAN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF BEAVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3653 10095 3652 10048 3697 10016 3698 10092

$$

KRAMAR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	56 min
Jun 10, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	54 min
Jun 10, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	49 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.