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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 31, 2005Deaf Smith County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2005, 3:14 PM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 31, 2005, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Deaf Smith County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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: 91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 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 312014
TORAMA
TXC117-312100-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0008.050531T2014Z-050531T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
314 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEREFORD

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF
  HEREFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAWN.

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 TUESDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3516 10276 3478 10276 3478 10216 3516 10217

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 312029
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
328 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

TXC117-312100-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050531T2100Z/
DEAF SMITH TX-
328 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EASTERN DEAF
SMITH COUNTY...

AT 323 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF 
DAWN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEREFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
15 MPH. DAWN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO.

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

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 TUESDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3516 10276 3478 10276 3478 10216 3516 10217

$$

SD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham	41 min
May 31, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	54 min
May 31, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	54 min
May 31, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	64 min
May 31, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Randall	45 min
May 31, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	57 min
May 31, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	67 min
May 31, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	64 min
May 31, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	54 min
May 31, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	53 min
May 31, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	45 min
May 31, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	38 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.