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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 22, 2010Gray County, Wheeler County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2010, 5:58 PM CDT for Gray County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 22, 2010, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2010, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gray County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 22, 6:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Nw Alanreed, TX	LARGE INTENSE CIRCULATION... APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE WIDE... WITH SEVERAL BRIEF MULTI VORTEX STYLE TOUCHDOWNS. TORNADO BEGAN 1 MILE NORTH OF LAKE MCCLELLAN AND ENDED 4 MILES N OF ALANREED. MULTIPLE REPORTS RECEIVED.
Apr 22, 6:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	13 Ene Lefors, TX	TORNADO BEGAN 11 MILES ENE OF LEFORS AND ENDED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WSW OF MOBEETIE.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 32 minutes after it went out.

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
Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

177 
WFUS54 KAMA 222258
TORAMA
TXC179-483-222345-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0009.100422T2258Z-100422T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
558 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.
  NORTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 556 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 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  LEFORS...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAMPA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NEW MOBEETIE AND
  LEFORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3562 10065 3558 10044 3543 10038 3525 10080
      3537 10088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 224DEG 24KT 3534 10077

$$

LG

2 follow-up statements

909 
WWUS54 KAMA 222332
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
632 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

TXC179-483-222345-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100422T2345Z/
GRAY TX-WHEELER TX-
632 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WHEELER AND NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MOBEETIE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF MIAMI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOBEETIE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3561 10061 3558 10044 3545 10044 3536 10055
      3549 10077 3550 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 224DEG 24KT 3547 10061

$$

LG

809 
WWUS54 KAMA 222336
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
636 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

TXC179-483-222345-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100422T2345Z/
GRAY TX-WHEELER TX-
636 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WHEELER AND NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
WEST OF MOBEETIE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF MIAMI...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOBEETIE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3561 10061 3558 10044 3545 10044 3536 10055
      3549 10077 3550 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 224DEG 24KT 3549 10061

$$

LG

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 Apr 22, 5:16 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 5:16 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
516 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

.DISCUSSION...
ONGOING SVR WEATHER EVENT UNFOLDING SO WILL KEEP SHORT. TOR WATCH IN
EFFECT UNTIL 03Z FOR CNTRL AND ERN ZONES. SFC TROF OR VERY WEAK
SEMBLANCE OF A DRYLINE SITUATED IN CNTRL TX AND OK PNHDLS THIS
AFTERNOON AND IS ACTING AS PRIMARY FOCUS FOR TSTMS AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A TRUE W TX DEFINITION OF A DRYLINE
AND BASED ON RADAR TRENDS OF PRECIP DVLPG TO THE W OF THE AXIS...AM
MORE INCLINED TO CALL IT A SFC TROF OR WEAK REFLECTION OF A
SEMIDRYLINE. IN ANY CASE...HAVE A TIGHT GRADIENT FOR POPS OF 30-40
WRN ZONES...TO 60 POPS ERN SECTIONS FOR TONIGHT. SPREAD MENTION OF
SVR FURTHER W IN GRIDS TO BETTER ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS FOR THIS
EVENING. PACIFIC COLD FRONT TO EVENTUALLY CATCH UP WITH SFC TROF OR
WEAK DRYLINE LATER TNGT AND FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY NRN STREAM COLD
FRONT ON SATURDAY.

THE WIND MACHINE WILL CRANK UP ON FRIDAY AS STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM ROLLS NEWD INTO CNTRL PLAINS STATES. ALL MODELS IN
EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH THIS TRACK...WHICH SUGGESTS DRY SLOT
INVADING THE REGION ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS DUE TO TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT. COULD VERY WELL END UP WITH A WIND ADVISORY OVER PARTS OF
WRN AND SWRN TX PNHDL FRIDAY. LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO CONSIDER WIND
ADVISORY FRIDAY FOR THAT PART OF FCST AREA.

DECIDED ON SLGT CHC POPS FOR FRI NIGHT ACROSS OK PNHDL AND NRN TX
PNHDL DUE TO PSBL WRAPAROUND LIGHT PRECIP AS UPPER LOW SLIDES BY TO
OUR N AND E.

NEXT COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROF PROGGED TO
AFFECT THE PNHDLS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. MODELS CRANK OUT SOME LIGHT
PRECIP BUT HAVE OPTED TO KEEP POPS BELOW MENTIONABLE FOR NOW UNTIL FINER
TIMING DETAILS ARE RESOLVED. ANOTHER WRN US UPPER LOW THEN PROGGED TO
AFFECT THE AREA LATER NEXT WED INTO THURSDAY. HOWEVER...FCST TRACK
SUGGESTS THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY BE MORE OF A WINDBAG ALONG WITH DRY
SLOT INVASION AS OPPOSED TO THREAT OF PRECIP. SO HAVE RETAINED A DRY
FCST FOR THAT TIME PERIOD AS WELL.

ANDRADE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
NO MAJOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK DUE TO GREENUP AND WET GROUNDS FROM RECENT PRECIPITATION.

ANDRADE

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                42  64  42  68  42 /  50   5  10  10   5
BEAVER OK                  47  68  45  68  43 /  60  10  20  20  10
BOISE CITY OK              40  63  40  65  39 /  30  10  20  20  10
BORGER TX                  46  66  46  69  46 /  50  10  10  10   5
BOYS RANCH TX              41  63  41  68  41 /  30  10  10  10   5
CANYON TX                  41  64  41  68  41 /  40   5  10  10   5
CLARENDON TX               47  70  45  70  46 /  60  10   5  10   5
DALHART TX                 40  63  40  67  39 /  30  10  20  10  10
GUYMON OK                  45  67  44  67  42 /  50  10  20  20  10
HEREFORD TX                40  64  40  68  40 /  30   5   5  10   5
LIPSCOMB TX                51  70  45  69  45 /  60  10  20  20  10
PAMPA TX                   45  68  45  68  45 /  60  10  10  10   5
SHAMROCK TX                51  72  46  71  46 /  60  10  10  10   5
WELLINGTON TX              51  73  47  72  47 /  60  10  10  10   5

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 2:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
249 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-231100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
249 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

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

.DAY ONE...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE
PANHANDLES AS A DRYLINE BECOMES ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE REGION. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THEREFORE...CAUTION IS
ADVISED ON AREA LAKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE ON
FRIDAY...WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BECOME NECESSARY ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO
THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

NUTTALL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
439 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

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

0430 PM     HAIL             SPEARMAN                36.20N 101.19W
04/22/2010  E1.25 INCH       HANSFORD           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1000345

RTW

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
448 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

TXZ011-012-016-017-222215-
OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-DEAF SMITH TX-
448 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR DEAF SMITH...
RANDALL...POTTER AND OLDHAM COUNTIES.

AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF WILDORADO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

LG

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:32 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
532 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

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

0529 PM     HAIL             6 E GROOM               35.20N 101.00W
04/22/2010  M2.75 INCH       GRAY               TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1000346

ERA

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:36 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
536 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

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

0529 PM     HAIL             3 E GROOM               35.20N 101.05W
04/22/2010  M2.50 INCH       GRAY               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1000347

KJS

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:45 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
545 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

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

0533 PM     HAIL             25 W MIAMI              35.69N 101.09W
04/22/2010  E1.50 INCH       ROBERTS            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL STARTED AROUND 1633 CST AND LASTED FOR ABOUT 10
            MINUTES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1000348

KJS

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:56 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
556 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

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

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W AMARILLO            35.20N 101.87W
04/22/2010                   POTTER             TX   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE KNOCKED OVER BY THE THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1000350

KJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 7:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Oldham	3 hr
Apr 21, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Oldham	28 min
Apr 22, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Sherman	67 min
Apr 22, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree	61 min
Apr 22, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	93 min
Apr 22, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Randall	57 min
Apr 22, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	51 min
Apr 22, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree	62 min
Apr 22, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	51 min
Apr 22, 5:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson	3 hr
Apr 22, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree, Roberts	31 min
Apr 22, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	58 min
Apr 22, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Donley, Gray	46 min
Apr 22, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	56 min
Apr 22, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	53 min
Apr 22, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	31 min
Apr 22, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler	62 min
Apr 22, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	34 min
Apr 22, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray	33 min
Apr 22, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray, Wheeler	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.