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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 12, 2005Randall County, Texas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 12, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1261 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

KRAMAR
1 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

$$

KRAMAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong65 min
May 12, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall59 min
May 12, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree31 min
May 12, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson49 min
May 12, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb41 min
May 12, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray71 min
May 12, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts44 min
May 12, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree43 min
May 12, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb54 min
May 12, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall63 min
May 12, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter67 min
May 12, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson57 min
May 12, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson61 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.