Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 7:44 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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, 7:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 16 N Guymon, OK | REPORTED ON STATE HIGHWAY 136 NEAR THE STATE LINE. |
| Mar 28, 7:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Guymon, 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 290045 TORAMA OKC139-290130- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0009.070329T0044Z-070329T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 744 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GOODWELL... OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUYMON...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GUYMON... GOODWELL... OPTIMA... 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 3657 10173 3657 10133 3698 10125 3697 10175 $$ JOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KAMA 290049 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 748 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 OKC139-290130- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070329T0130Z/ TEXAS OK- 748 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY... AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR GOODWELL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF GUYMON...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WAS REPORTED IN GUYMON BY THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOUGH... GOODWELL... GUYMON... OPTIMA... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3657 10173 3657 10133 3698 10125 3697 10175 $$ JJB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 58 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 |
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.