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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2010, 7:44 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
- May 18, 2010, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2010, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Texas County, OK
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:44 PM CDT | TORNADO | 15 Nw Guymon, OK | 2 BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
479 WFUS54 KAMA 190044 TORAMA OKC139-190115- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0021.100519T0044Z-100519T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 744 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA. * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER TEXAS COUNTY... OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TEXAS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. && LAT...LON 3700 10139 3677 10173 3690 10189 3700 10158 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 247DEG 27KT 3689 10171 $$ CLK
2 follow-up statements
827 WWUS54 KAMA 190100 RRA SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 800 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010 OKC139-190115- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100519T0115Z/ TEXAS OK- 800 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY... AT 759 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILBURTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. && LAT...LON 3679 10170 3692 10183 3700 10158 3700 10139 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 240DEG 34KT 3696 10157 $$ CLK
028 WWUS54 KAMA 190115 RRA SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 815 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010 OKC139-190124- /O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100519T0115Z/ TEXAS OK- 815 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSES A TORNADIC THREAT TO RURAL AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3679 10170 3692 10183 3700 10158 3700 10139 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 249DEG 30KT 3696 10153 $$ CLK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 54 min |
| May 18, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 57 min |
| May 18, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 41 min |
| May 18, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 88 min |
| May 18, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 61 min |
| May 18, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 65 min |
| May 19, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 66 min |
| May 19, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 59 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.