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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2007, 9:29 PM CDT for Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- May 23, 2007, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KAMA 240229
TORAMA
TXC393-240330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0049.070524T0229Z-070524T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
929 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL ROBERTS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF
CANADIAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER CIRCULATION WAS DETECTED
IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY. AN ORGANIZED WALL CLOUD
WAS REPORTED WITH THIS SECOND STORM BY TRAINED SPOTTERS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY...
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 3592 10061 3593 10062 3593 10078 3594 10080
3596 10105 3605 10105 3605 10070 3606 10068
3606 10054 3592 10054
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KAMA 240330
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1030 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007
TXC393-240340-
/O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070524T0330Z/
ROBERTS TX-
1030 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ROBERTS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1030 PM
CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO HAVE WEAKENED...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1.
LAT...LON 3592 10061 3593 10062 3593 10078 3594 10080
3596 10105 3605 10105 3605 10070 3606 10068
3606 10054 3592 10054
$$
KRAMARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 63 min |
| May 23, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 55 min |
| May 23, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 65 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 63 min |
| May 23, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 62 min |
| May 23, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 63 min |
| May 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 58 min |
| May 23, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 66 min |
| May 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Roberts | 60 min |
| May 23, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 59 min |
| May 23, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 37 min |
| May 23, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 62 min |
| May 23, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 49 min |
| May 23, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 65 min |
| May 23, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 58 min |
| May 23, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 4 hr |
| May 23, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 58 min |
| May 23, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 52 min |
| May 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Roberts | 3 hr |
| May 23, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 60 min |
| May 23, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 57 min |
| May 23, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 63 min |
| May 24, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 45 min |
| May 24, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.