Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 48, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2007, 9:27 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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 23, 9:47 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 9 Nw Slapout, OK |
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 | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 240227 TORAMA OKC007-240315- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0048.070524T0227Z-070524T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 927 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SLAPOUT... OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SLAPOUT... GATE... KNOWLES... 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 3668 10043 3651 10027 3671 9985 3715 10006 $$ JOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KAMA 240246 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 945 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 OKC007-240315- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-070524T0315Z/ BEAVER OK- 945 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY... AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SLAPOUT...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. TRAINED SPOTTERS WERE REPORTING A WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SLAPOUT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SLAPOUT... GATE... KNOWLES... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3668 10043 3651 10027 3671 9985 3715 10006 $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS54 KAMA 240317 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1017 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 OKC007-240327- /O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-070524T0315Z/ BEAVER OK- 1017 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1015 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION HAD 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 3668 10043 3651 10027 3671 9985 3715 10006 $$ KRAMAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 60 min |
| May 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 58 min |
| May 23, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 59 min |
| May 23, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.