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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 11, 2005Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2005, 5:23 PM CDT for Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report 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 11, 2005, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 11, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 S Canyon, TX

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 11, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 38 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: 960 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KAMA 112223
TORAMA
TXC381-112330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0013.050611T2223Z-050611T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
523 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL RANDALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CANYON

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES
  NORTH OF HAPPY TEXAS NEAR INTERSTATE 27...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALO
  DURO CANYON AND LAKE TANGLEWOOD.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3481 10201 3480 10168 3508 10164 3505 10193

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 112253
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
549 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

TXC381-112330-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050611T2330Z/
RANDALL TX-
549 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
RANDALL COUNTY...

AT 522 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  12 MILES 
SOUTH OF CANYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

AT 545 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTH OF 
CANYON BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING 
FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. 

LAT...LON 3482 10190 3480 10168 3513 10161 3503 10186

$$

SLATTERY

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 112313
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
611 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

TXC381-112330-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050611T2330Z/
RANDALL TX-
611 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
RANDALL COUNTY...

AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALO DURO CANYON STATE PARK...OR 
ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3478 10191 3477 10167 3503 10165 3503 10186

$$

SP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley	66 min
Jun 10, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham	58 min
Jun 11, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	66 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter	55 min
Jun 11, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter	67 min
Jun 11, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	60 min
Jun 11, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	65 min
Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	58 min
Jun 11, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter	67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.