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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 9, 2005Carson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 6:52 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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: Jun 9, 2005, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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
Jun 9, 7:02 PM CDT	TORNADO	10 Sw White Deer, TX	TORNADO START TIME: 702 / END TIME -?
Jun 9, 7:02 PM CDT	TORNADO	10 Sw White Deer, TX	TORNADO START TIME: 702 / END TIME 705
Jun 9, 7:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	White Deer, TX
Jun 9, 7:47 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	15 S White Deer, TX	294 AND COUNTY ROAD 1

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 31 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: 977 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KAMA 092352
TORAMA
TXC065-100045-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0009.050609T2352Z-050610T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
652 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 649 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  PANHANDLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3520 10160 3520 10112 3562 10109 3562 10160

$$

KRAMAR

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 100004
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
704 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

TXC065-100045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050610T0045Z/
CARSON TX-
704 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CARSON COUNTY...

AT 702 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANHANDLE...MOVING EAST AT 
15 MPH. THE TORNADO MAY BE RAINWRAPPED.

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

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3520 10160 3520 10111 3541 10109 3542 10131

$$

KRAMAR

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 100007
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
707 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

TXC065-100045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050610T0045Z/
CARSON TX-
707 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CARSON COUNTY...

AT 702 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND 10 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF WHITE DEER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3520 10160 3520 10111 3541 10109 3542 10131

$$

KRAMAR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	63 min
Jun 9, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	61 min
Jun 9, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	57 min
Jun 9, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	66 min
Jun 9, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	62 min
Jun 9, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	59 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.