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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 30, 2006Carson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2006, 5:41 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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: May 30, 2006, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 5:42 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Sw Panhandle, TX

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

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 30, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 27 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: 480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KAMA 302242
TORAMA
TXC065-302330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0002.060530T2241Z-060530T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
541 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PANHANDLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PANHANDLE...
  WHITE DEER...
  SKELLYTOWN...
  GROOM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PING-PONG SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3524 10159 3520 10157 3519 10110 3561 10110
      3552 10161

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 302317
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
616 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

TXC065-302330-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060530T2330Z/
CARSON TX-
616 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CARSON
COUNTY...

AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION IN THE MID-LEVELS OF 
THE STORM. THIS AREA OF ROTATION WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST 
OF PANHANDLE.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE
DEER...SKELLYTOWN AND 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.

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 3524 10159 3520 10157 3519 10110 3561 10110
      3552 10161

$$


JORDAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	60 min
May 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	67 min
May 30, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	60 min
May 30, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	49 min
May 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	31 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.