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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 10, 2005Carson County, Hutchinson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2005, 7:02 PM CDT for Carson County, Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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: May 10, 2005, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KAMA 110002
TORAMA
TXC065-233-110030-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0003.050511T0002Z-050511T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
702 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
  HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BORGER

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF FRITCH...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BORGER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SANFORD...STINNETT...SKELLYTOWN AND PRINGLE.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3550 10162 3551 10110 3605 10110 3604 10161

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Armstrong	42 min
May 10, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley, Gray	54 min
May 10, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	38 min
May 10, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	65 min
May 10, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	65 min
May 10, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Potter	54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.