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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 7:21 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma; Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 10 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Booker, TX | |
| Mar 28, 7:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 E Booker, TX | REPORTED BY BOOKER FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Mar 28, 7:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Elmwood, OK | *** 2 FATAL *** |
| Mar 28, 7:37 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Elmwood, OK | RELAYED BY MEDIA - TORNADO DEBRIS REPORTED |
| Mar 28, 7:39 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Elmwood, OK | *** 2 FATAL *** |
| Mar 28, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 E Beaver, OK | QUARTER SIZE HAIL |
| Mar 28, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Elmwood, OK | |
| Mar 28, 7:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 E Elmwood, OK | LARGE MULIT-VORTEX TORNADO |
| Mar 28, 7:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Booker, OK | HOUSE REPORTED DAMAGED WITH POWERLINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 3 IN OKLAHOMA. |
| Mar 28, 7:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 E Beaver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 2811 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 290022 TORAMA OKC007-TXC295-290100- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0007.070329T0021Z-070329T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 721 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA NORTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELMWOOD...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KNOWLES... ELMWOOD... BEAVER... SLAPOUT... FORGAN... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL 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 3645 10054 3646 9999 3700 9999 3698 10063 $$ JOHNSON
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KAMA 290026 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 725 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 OKC007-TXC295-290100- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070329T0100Z/ BEAVER OK-LIPSCOMB TX- 725 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN LIPSCOMB AND EASTERN BEAVER COUNTIES... AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE TRACKING TWO TORNADOES. THESE TORNADOES WERE LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF BOOKER...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KNOWLES... ELMWOOD... BEAVER... GATE... MOCANE... SLAPOUT... FORGAN... BOOKER... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3645 10054 3646 9999 3700 9999 3698 10063 $$ JJB
000 WWUS54 KAMA 290034 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 733 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 OKC007-TXC295-290100- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070329T0100Z/ BEAVER OK-LIPSCOMB TX- 733 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN LIPSCOMB AND EASTERN BEAVER COUNTIES... AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE TRACKING A TORNADO THAT WAS 7 MILES EAST AND 4 MILES NORTH OF BOOKER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KNOWLES... ELMWOOD... BEAVER... GATE... MOCANE... SLAPOUT... FORGAN... BOOKER... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3645 10054 3646 9999 3700 9999 3698 10063 $$ JJB
000 WWUS54 KAMA 290042 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 739 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 OKC007-TXC295-290100- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070329T0100Z/ BEAVER OK-LIPSCOMB TX- 739 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN LIPSCOMB AND EASTERN BEAVER COUNTIES... AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF ELMWOOD...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO BE VERY LARGE AND PRODUCING DEBRIS. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM NEED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELMWOOD... KNOWLES... BEAVER... MOCANE... SLAPOUT... FORGAN... GATE... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3645 10054 3646 9999 3700 9999 3698 10063 $$ JJB
000 WWUS54 KAMA 290057 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 756 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 OKC007-TXC295-290100- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070329T0100Z/ BEAVER OK-LIPSCOMB TX- 756 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN LIPSCOMB AND EASTERN BEAVER COUNTIES... AT 754 PM CDT...LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM BEAVER REPORTED DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS ALONG THE TRACK OF THIS STORM NEED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEAVER... KNOWLES... MOCANE... FORGAN... GATE... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3645 10054 3646 9999 3700 9999 3698 10063 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Sherman | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 63 min |
| Mar 28, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 63 min |
| Mar 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Roberts | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 63 min |
| Mar 28, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 60 min |
| Mar 29, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 12:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 32 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.