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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 11, 2011Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2011, 6:55 PM CDT for Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2011, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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.

128 
WFUS54 KAMA 112355
TORAMA
OKC007-139-120030-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0001.110611T2355Z-110612T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
655 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA.
  NORTHWESTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA.

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 653 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 NEAR TYRONE...OR
  ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERAL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE TYRONE AND
  HOOKER.

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 3689 10076 3685 10123 3700 10127 3701 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 257DEG 10KT 3696 10113

$$

TB
1 follow-up statement
930 
WWUS54 KAMA 120009
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
709 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

OKC007-139-120030-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110612T0030Z/
TEXAS OK-BEAVER OK-
709 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BEAVER AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES...

AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
TYRONE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERAL...MOVING EAST AT 15 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES.

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 3689 10076 3685 10123 3700 10127 3701 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 257DEG 10KT 3694 10107

$$

TB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:24 PM CDTFire Weather WatchAMACimarron, Texas12 hr
Jun 11, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas28 min
Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.