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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 19, 2008Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2008, 4:32 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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: Jun 19, 2008, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cimarron County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	7 N Black Mesa Park, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 19, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -497 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 800 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KAMA 192132
TORAMA
OKC025-192230-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0025.080619T2132Z-080619T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
432 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH
  OF KENTON...OR ABOUT 39 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KENTON BY 510 PM CDT
  BLACK MESA PARK BY 520 PM CDT

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 STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...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 3700 10291 3700 10281 3699 10238 3679 10263
      3673 10301 3700 10301 3701 10292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 337DEG 20KT 3711 10300

$$

CLK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 192147
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
446 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

OKC025-192230-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080619T2230Z/
CIMARRON OK-
446 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY...

AT 345 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF
KENTON...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLACK MESA PARK...
  KENTON...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...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 3700 10291 3700 10281 3699 10238 3679 10263
      3673 10301 3700 10301 3701 10292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 334DEG 15KT 3708 10297

$$

CLK

000 
WWUS54 KAMA 192207
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
507 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

TXC011-065-129-375-381-192245-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-080619T2245Z/
POTTER TX-CARSON TX-RANDALL TX-ARMSTRONG TX-DONLEY TX-
507 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DONLEY...ARMSTRONG...EASTERN RANDALL...SOUTHERN
CARSON AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES...

AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYSIDE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF 
CLAUDE...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYSIDE...
  CLAUDE...
  PALO DURO CANYON...
  WASHBURN...
  LAKE TANGLEWOOD...
  GROOM...
  CANYON...
  PANTEX...
  AMARILLO...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1.

LAT...LON 3475 10198 3522 10199 3536 10161 3530 10109
      3492 10107 3475 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 336DEG 35KT 3489 10137

$$

JOHNSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 19, 3:52 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:52 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
352 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTHWEST
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLES. AS STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED SEVERE
WEATHER IN THE HIGHLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR...THINKING THE ATMOSPHERE
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS WITH ISOLATED SUPER CELLS
THROUGH THE EVENING AND POSSIBLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. CAN NOT RULE OUT
AN ISOLATED TORNADO...ESPECIALLY AS THE CELLS INTERACT WITH THE
BOUNDARIES MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING
ALONG THE ROCKIES IN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO SHOULD TRAVEL WITHIN THE
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND IMPACT THE PANHANDLES LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND OVERNIGHT. SO...ASIDE FROM SEVERE WEATHER...AM ALSO SOME WHAT
CONCERNED FOR HEAVY RAINS AND LOCOLIZED FLOODING. HELD OFF ON A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW.

SIMILAR SYNOPTIC PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
FEEL GRIDS MAY BE A BIT OVER POPULATED...BUT AT THE SAME TIME...THERE
SEEMS TO BE FEW OBVIOUS DRY PERIODS WITHIN THE NEXT 5 DAYS. DID FEEL
THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MAY SEE A BREAK IN
ACTIVITY...BUT THAT MAY ALSO CHANGE. SEE NO REASON WHY MOUNTAIN
CONVECTION WILL CEASE DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...AND
WITH THE RIDGE SITTING IN A SIMILAR POSITION...EXPECT ANY ROCKY
MOUNTAIN STORMS SHOULD PUSH INTO THE WESTERN ZONES. AT THE SAME
TIME...MODELS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHORT WAVES THAT TRIGGER STORMS IN
EASTERN COLORADO OR WESTERN KANSAS WHICH SHOULD ALSO BECOME DIRECTED
BY THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. SO CAN NOT RULE OUT THE EASTERN
PANHANDLES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EACH NEW MODEL RUN
SEEMS TO SHY AWAY FROM MAKING MAJOR CHANGES TO THE RIDGE UNTIL THE
DAY 6 OR 7 TIME FRAME...AT WHICH TIME THE GFS AND EURO ATTEMPT TO
PUSH THE RIDGE SLIGHTLY FURTHER EAST AND INCREASE THE HEIGHTS. THIS
WOULD FAVOR LOWER POP CHANCES FOR THE PANHANDLES...SO WILL AGAIN KEEP
THE DAY 6 AND 7 TIME FRAME DRY. FURTHERMORE...EXPECT ANY DAY THAT
PRODUCES THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE.

NEED TO BEGIN SEVERE WEATHER OPS SO APOLOGIZE FOR THE ABREVIATED
AFD...STUCK WITH GUIDANCE TEMPS FOR THE MOST PART.

JJB

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS IN THE EXTENDED...OTHER THAN THUNDERSTORMS
AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                61  88  63  88  64 /  60  20  30  20  30
BEAVER OK                  62  85  61  94  62 /  60  20  30  10  30
BOISE CITY OK              61  85  59  87  63 /  50  20  30  20  30
BORGER TX                  66  87  66  89  68 /  60  20  30  20  30
BOYS RANCH TX              63  90  64  89  65 /  60  20  30  20  30
CANYON TX                  61  89  62  87  62 /  60  20  30  20  30
CLARENDON TX               64  88  65  87  66 /  60  20  30  10  30
DALHART TX                 61  87  61  87  61 /  50  20  30  20  30
GUYMON OK                  62  87  63  90  64 /  60  20  30  20  30
HEREFORD TX                62  89  62  89  62 /  50  20  30  20  30
LIPSCOMB TX                63  86  63  89  62 /  60  20  30  10  30
PAMPA TX                   64  85  64  87  68 /  60  20  30  10  30
SHAMROCK TX                66  88  66  89  66 /  60  20  30   5  30
WELLINGTON TX              67  89  67  90  68 /  60  20  30   5  30

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

&&

14/08

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
216 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-201100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
216 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 578 UNTIL 9 PM ACROSS CIMARRON AND TEXAS COUNTIES IN THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND ALL BUT THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLES.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

ALSO...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL REQUIRE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY
NIGHT...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH SUNDAY...AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION.

NUNEZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:11 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
411 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0407 PM     HAIL             14 S FRITCH             35.44N 101.60W
06/19/2008  E1.00 INCH       CARSON             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00645

NUTTALL

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:23 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
423 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0421 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 ENE AMARILLO          35.22N 101.72W
06/19/2008  M73 MPH          POTTER             TX   ASOS

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00646

NUTTALL

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:26 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
426 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             6 NE AMARILLO           35.27N 101.74W
06/19/2008  E1.00 INCH       POTTER             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FRITCH HWY AND LOOP 335

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00647

NUTTALL

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
428 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 ENE AMARILLO          35.22N 101.72W
06/19/2008  M81 MPH          POTTER             TX   ASOS

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00648

NUTTALL

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
428 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

TXZ019-192200-
DONLEY TX-
428 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL DONLEY COUNTY...

AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENBELT LAKE MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL DONLEY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CLARENDON...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS
AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

JC

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
430 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             8 E AMARILLO            35.20N 101.68W
06/19/2008  E0.75 INCH       POTTER             TX   NWS OFFICE

            HAIL WAS ONGOING FOR 10 MINUTES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00649

BROST

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	91 min
Jun 18, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	84 min
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	63 min
Jun 18, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	96 min
Jun 19, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	56 min
Jun 19, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	64 min
Jun 19, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.