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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2007, 7:58 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min. 7 reports 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 31, 2007, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Texas County, OK
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 31, 7:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 13 Nw Guymon, OK | NEAR MUNCY |
| May 31, 8:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Eva, OK | |
| May 31, 8:06 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Sw Hough, OK | VARIOUS STAGES OF THIS TORNADO WERE CONFIRMED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES...ON GROUND FOR ROUGHLY 11 MINUTES |
| May 31, 8:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ssw Hough, OK | SPC FORECASTER REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO WHICH LASTED LESS THAN A MINUTE |
| May 31, 8:24 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Wnw Guymon, OK | NEAR UNITY |
| May 31, 8:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | 2 W Guymon, OK | |
| May 31, 8:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 7 Nw Guymon, OK | BASEBALL SIZE HAIL OBSERVED 7 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 136 ON HIGHWAY 64 |
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 31, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 010058 TORAMA OKC139-010130- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0056.070601T0058Z-070601T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 758 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUGH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUYMON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GUYMON... HOUGH... EVA... 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 10202 3671 10201 3658 10142 3698 10142 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KAMA 010111 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 809 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 OKC139-010130- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-070601T0130Z/ TEXAS OK- 809 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WESTERN TEXAS COUNTY... AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUGH...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUYMON...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GUYMON... HOUGH... EVA... AT 802 PM CDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF EVA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3699 10202 3671 10201 3658 10142 3698 10142 $$
000 WWUS54 KAMA 010121 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 820 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 OKC139-010130- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-070601T0130Z/ TEXAS OK- 820 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WESTERN TEXAS COUNTY... AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUGH...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GUYMON...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GUYMON... HOUGH... EVA... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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. LAT...LON 3699 10202 3671 10201 3658 10142 3698 10142 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 53 min |
| May 31, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 59 min |
| May 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 42 min |
| May 31, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 31 min |
| May 31, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 62 min |
| May 31, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 58 min |
| May 31, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 42 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.