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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 10:01 PM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Deaf Smith County, TX
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 240301 TORAMA TXC117-240345- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0004.070324T0301Z-070324T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1001 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BOOTLEG...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRIONA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BOOTLEG... SIMMS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3477 10300 3476 10254 3516 10252 3516 10298 $$ KRAMAR
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KAMA 240328 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1026 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXC117-240345- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070324T0345Z/ DEAF SMITH TX- 1026 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY... AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIMMS...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HEREFORD...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. A SECOND CIRCULATION WAS MOVING INTO DEAF SMITH COUNTY ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF BOOTLEG. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SIMMS... BOOTLEG... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3477 10300 3476 10254 3516 10252 3516 10298 $$ KRAMAR
000 WWUS54 KAMA 240337 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1037 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXC117-240345- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070324T0345Z/ DEAF SMITH TX- 1037 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY... AT 1032 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF SIMMS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF HEREFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SIMMS... 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 3477 10300 3476 10254 3516 10252 3516 10298 $$ KRAMAR
000 WWUS54 KAMA 240348 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1048 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXC117-240358- /O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070324T0345Z/ DEAF SMITH TX- 1048 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1045 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO HAVE WEAKENED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3477 10300 3476 10254 3516 10252 3516 10298 $$ KRAMAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
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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.