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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 6, 2005Hartley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 8:02 PM CDT for Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. 4 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: Jul 6, 2005, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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
Jul 6, 8:12 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	12 W Dumas, TX	OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED QUARTER HAIL AND A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS THAT HAVE LIFTED AND ARE NO LONGER VISIBLE. BUT STORM IS ROTATING.
Jul 6, 8:12 PM CDT	HAIL 1	12 W Dumas, TX	OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED QUARTER HAIL AND A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS THAT HAVE LIFTED AND ARE NO LONGER VISIBLE. BUT STORM IS ROTATING.
Jul 6, 8:12 PM CDT	HAIL 1	12 W Dumas, TX	OFF DUTY NWS ERMPLOYEE REPORTED QUARTER HAIL AND A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS THAT HAVE LIFTED AND ARE NO LONGER VISIBLE. BUT STORM IS ROTATING.
Jul 6, 8:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	15 W Dumas, 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
Jul 6, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 295 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: 1722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KAMA 070102
TORAMA
TXC205-070130-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0021.050707T0102Z-050707T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
802 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HARTLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HARTLEY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DALHART...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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 3605 10239 3589 10242 3583 10237 3583 10217
      3605 10217

$$

JORDAN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 070115
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
814 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

TXC205-070130-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050707T0130Z/
HARTLEY TX-
814 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
HARTLEY COUNTY...

AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION IN THE MID 
LEVELS OF THE STORM.  THE CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF  
HARTLEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.  IN ADDITION...QUARTER SIZE HAIL 
WAS REPORTED BY AN OFF-DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE 10 
MILES WEST OF DUMAS AT 812 PM IN EASTERN HARTLEY COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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 3605 10239 3589 10242 3583 10237 3583 10217
      3605 10217

$$

JORDAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley	44 min
Jul 6, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hartley	45 min
Jul 6, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Oldham	59 min
Jul 6, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Oldham	45 min
Jul 6, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	47 min
Jul 6, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham	30 min
Jul 6, 10:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	40 min
Jul 6, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	55 min
Jul 7, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	40 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.