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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2007, 6:08 PM CST for Gray County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 23, 2007, 6:08 PM CST (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2007, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gray County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 6:11 PM CST | TORNADO | 3.5 N Mclean, TX | TORNADO CONFIRMED TOUCHING DOWN NORTH OF MCLEAN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 240008 TORAMA TXC179-483-240045- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0001.070224T0008Z-070224T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 608 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 645 PM CST * AT 602 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MCLEAN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KELLERVILLE... MCLEAN... 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 3526 10077 3520 10052 3537 10023 3547 10056 $$ JJB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KAMA 240020 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 616 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 TXC179-483-240045- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T0045Z/ GRAY TX-WHEELER TX- 616 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHEELER AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES... AT 611 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE TORNADO HAS LIFTED AND IS NO LONGER ON THE GROUND. HOWEVER...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE SOME ROTATION WITH THE STORM MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THE TORNADO TO REDEVELOP AND TOUCH DOWN AGAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KELLERVILLE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KELLERVILLE... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3526 10077 3520 10052 3537 10023 3547 10056 $$ JJB
000 WWUS54 KAMA 240036 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 634 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 TXC179-240044- /O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T0045Z/ GRAY TX- 634 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GRAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED EAST OF GRAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3548 10053 3537 10040 3561 10011 3562 10044 $$ TXC483-240045- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T0045Z/ WHEELER TX- 634 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTY... AT 627 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOBEETIE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRISCOE... NEW MOBEETIE... MOBEETIE... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3548 10053 3537 10040 3561 10011 3562 10044 $$ JJB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 43 min |
| Feb 23, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 63 min |
| Feb 23, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 29 min |
| Feb 23, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 62 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.