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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2009, 6:24 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 5 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
- Apr 29, 2009, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 8 S Borger, TX | MOSTLY MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH SOME PING PONG BALLS. 1.90 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. |
| Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 N Panhandle, TX | TORNADO REPORTED CROSSING HIGHWAY 207 |
| Apr 29, 6:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nnw Panhandle, TX | TORNADO NEAR COUNTY ROAD 14 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 207 AND COUNTY ROAD M. TOUCHED DOWN FOR ONLY 30 SECONDS. MAY HAVE BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN A FEW MINUTES LATER. |
| Apr 29, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Panhandle, TX | |
| Apr 29, 7:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | Panhandle, TX | NORTH NORTHWEST WIND GUST AT PANHANDLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 526 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KAMA 292324 TORAMA TXC065-300000- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0002.090429T2324Z-090430T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 624 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PANHANDLE... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF PANHANDLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITE DEER... PANHANDLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 YOU ARE IN 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 3541 10111 3528 10130 3548 10156 3561 10140 TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 298DEG 11KT 3548 10140 $$ TAB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KAMA 292347 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 647 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 TXC065-300000- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090430T0000Z/ CARSON TX- 647 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CARSON COUNTY... AT 647 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF PANHANDLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. && LAT...LON 3541 10111 3528 10130 3548 10156 3561 10140 TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 299DEG 11KT 3543 10134 $$ TAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 10:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 43 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.