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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 23, 2007Lipscomb County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2007, 5:54 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 23, 2007, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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
May 23, 6:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	13 Wsw Lipscomb, 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 23, 3:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KAMA 232254
TORAMA
TXC295-232345-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0041.070523T2254Z-070523T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
554 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 31 MILES WEST OF
  HIGGINS...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANADIAN...MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HIGGINS...
  RURAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE SHELTER NOW.

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 3617 10054 3606 10054 3608 10002 3626 10002

$$

KRAMAR

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 232325
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
624 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

TXC295-232345-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-070523T2345Z/
LIPSCOMB TX-
624 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR LIPSCOMB 
COUNTY...

AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. TRAINED SPOTTERS WERE REPORTED A ROTATING WALL 
CLOUD ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DARROUZETT...
  LIPSCOMB...
  FOLLETT...

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 3640 10055 3615 10054 3621 10009 3650 10014

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Roberts	55 min
May 23, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	53 min
May 23, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	65 min
May 23, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Roberts	29 min
May 23, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	24 min
May 23, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	40 min
May 23, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Roberts	45 min
May 23, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	62 min
May 23, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	43 min
May 23, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	53 min
May 23, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	59 min
May 23, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford	57 min
May 23, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	66 min
May 23, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	64 min
May 23, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	44 min
May 23, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	41 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.