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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2005, 6:26 PM CDT for Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 12, 2005, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 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), 45 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 12, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KAMA 122326
TORAMA
TXC381-130000-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0005.050512T2326Z-050513T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
626 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RANDALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CANYON
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR UMBARGER...
OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANYON.
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 3477 10215 3477 10202 3477 10165 3512 10168
3514 10215
$$
KRAMAR1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KAMA 122339
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
637 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
TXC381-130000-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050513T0000Z/
RANDALL TX-
637 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL RANDALL
COUNTY...
AT 636 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO
NEAR BUFFALO LAKE. STRONG ROTATION WAS REPORTED WEST OF CANYON
ALONG HIGHWAY 60. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES WEST OF CANYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM ALSO.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANYON. PEOPLE IN AMARILLO SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE
DEVELOPING SITUATION IN CASE STORM SAFETY PRECAUTIONS NEED TO BE
IMPLEMENTED.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3493 10216 3485 10196 3490 10185 3495 10163
3512 10168 3514 10215
$$
KRAMARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 65 min |
| May 12, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 59 min |
| May 12, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 31 min |
| May 12, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 49 min |
| May 12, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 41 min |
| May 12, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 71 min |
| May 12, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 44 min |
| May 12, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 43 min |
| May 12, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 54 min |
| May 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 63 min |
| May 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 67 min |
| May 12, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 57 min |
| May 12, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.