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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 7:24 PM CDT for Donley County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. 6 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, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Donley County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:39 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 14 Ne Clarendon, TX | |
| Mar 28, 7:39 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Jericho, TX | 18 WHEELERS FLIPPED BY TORNADO AT REST STOP ON INTERSTATE 40. |
| Mar 28, 7:46 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Hedley, TX | TORNADO UPROOTED MESQUITE TREES AT BASE.....OUTBUILDING AND POWER POLES DAMAGED |
| Mar 28, 7:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Sw Clarendon, TX | |
| Mar 28, 8:07 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 7 S Mclean, TX | HIGHWAY 273 |
| Mar 28, 8:13 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Sw Mclean, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 290026 TORAMA TXC129-290115- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0008.070329T0024Z-070329T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 724 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DONLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARENDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM IS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEDLEY...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOWARDWICK... GREENBELT LAKE... CLARENDON... HEDLEY... 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 3475 10108 3518 10107 3518 10054 3475 10054 $$ JOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KAMA 290054 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 753 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 TXC129-290115- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070329T0115Z/ DONLEY TX- 753 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DONLEY COUNTY... AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN LIFTED ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF CLARENDON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO CAN REFORM AT ANY TIME SO RESIDENTS ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LELIA LAKE... HEDLEY... CLARENDON... GREENBELT LAKE... HOWARDWICK... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3475 10108 3518 10107 3518 10054 3475 10054 $$ JJB
000 WWUS54 KAMA 290112 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 810 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 TXC129-290115- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070329T0115Z/ DONLEY TX- 810 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DONLEY COUNTY... AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCLEAN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARENDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 273. RESIDENTS IN MCLEAN AND SOUTH OF MCLEAN ALONG HIGHWAY 273 NEED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HEDLEY... LELIA LAKE... HOWARDWICK... GREENBELT LAKE... CLARENDON... 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 3475 10108 3518 10107 3518 10054 3475 10054 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 39 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 |
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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.