Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 5:25 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 23, 2007, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Beaver County, OK
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 232226 TORAMA OKC007-232300- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0003.070323T2225Z-070323T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 525 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF TURPIN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LIBERAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TURPIN... FLORIS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL 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. LAT...LON 3699 10095 3676 10094 3677 10080 3699 10051 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KAMA 232239 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 538 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 OKC007-232300- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070323T2300Z/ BEAVER OK- 538 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN BEAVER COUNTY... AT 535 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TURPIN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIBERAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TURPIN... FLORIS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AT 515 PM...NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...COVERING THE ROAD...WAS REPORTED IN EASTERN TEXAS COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3699 10095 3676 10094 3677 10080 3699 10051 $$ KRAMAR
000 WWUS54 KAMA 232256 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 555 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 OKC007-232305- /O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070323T2300Z/ BEAVER OK- 555 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BEAVER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 PM CDT... AT 548 PM CDT...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES NORTH OF TURPIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING OUT OF BEAVER COUNTY...AND WILL HAVE EXITED BY 600 PM. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3699 10095 3676 10094 3677 10080 3699 10051 $$ KRAMAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 32 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 59 min |
| Mar 23, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 54 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.