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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 29, 2009Carson County, Texas

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.58 S Borger, TXMOSTLY MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH SOME PING PONG BALLS. 1.90 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR.
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDTTORNADO7 N Panhandle, TXTORNADO REPORTED CROSSING HIGHWAY 207
Apr 29, 6:36 PM CDTTORNADO2 Nnw Panhandle, TXTORNADO 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 CDTHAIL 13 N Panhandle, TX
Apr 29, 7:02 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 68Panhandle, TXNORTH 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2009-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 526 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2009-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree67 min
Apr 28, 10:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHansford, Hutchinson3 hr
Apr 29, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts55 min
Apr 29, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Moore, Potter42 min
Apr 29, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter62 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley44 min
Apr 29, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall46 min
Apr 29, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler43 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.