Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 min. 7 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 16, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 16, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 N Rosston, OK | |
| Jun 16, 7:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 E Gate, OK | RELAYED FROM NWS OUN |
| Jun 16, 7:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 Nw Rosston, OK | |
| Jun 16, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Gate, OK | |
| Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Nw Laverne, OK | WIND GUST ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Rosston, OK | |
| Jun 16, 7:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | 4 N Laverne, OK | WIND GUST MEASURED BY WOODWARD COUNTY EM. |
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 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 162328 TORAMA OKC007-170030- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0019.050616T2327Z-050617T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 627 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 624 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF KNOWLES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SLAPOUT. 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 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3704 10011 3693 10028 3656 10014 3664 9962 $$ SLATTERY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KAMA 162351 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 649 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 OKC007-170030- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050617T0030Z/ BEAVER OK- 649 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY STRONG ROTATION. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF KNOWLES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SLAPOUT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3704 10011 3693 10028 3656 10014 3664 9962 $$ SLATTERY
000 WWUS54 KAMA 170010 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 708 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 OKC007-170030- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050617T0030Z/ BEAVER OK- 708 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY... AT 702 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 1.5 INCH SIZE HAIL ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF GATE. THIS STORM WAS STILL ROTATING AND IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF GATE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF ENGLEWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SLAPOUT. 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 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3704 10011 3693 10028 3656 10014 3664 9962 $$ GOEHRING
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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.