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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 14, 2012, 4:53 PM CST for Donley County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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
- Dec 14, 2012, 4:53 PM CST (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2012, 5:20 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Donley County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 4:53 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 Sse Clarendon, TX | DAMAGE TO A BARN |
| Dec 14, 4:58 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 Nnw Lelia Lake, TX | RESIDENT REPORTED PORTIONS OF A TREE...8 FT PRIVACY FENCE PANELS...AND IRRIGATION PIPE WERE LOFTED AND SPIRALED IN THE AIR AS TORNADO PASSED NEAR HER HOME. WITNESS REPORTS TORNADO MOVED NEARLY SOUTH TO NORTH BY HER RESIDENCE. RATED EF0 WITH 80 MPH WINDS |
| Dec 14, 4:58 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 N Lelia Lake, TX | RESIDENT REPORTED PORTIONS OF A TREE...8 FT PRIVACY FENCE PANELS...AND IRRIGATION PIPE WERE LOFTED AND SPIRALED IN THE AIR AS TORNADO PASSED NEAR HER HOME. WITNESS REPORTS TORNADO MOVED NEARLY SOUTH TO NORTH BY HER RESIDENCE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
511
WFUS54 KAMA 142253
TORAMA
TXC129-142330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0005.121214T2253Z-121214T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
453 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DONLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 452 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARENDON. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
CLARENDON... LELIA LAKE... HOWARDWICK...
GREENBELT LAKE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 129.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3479 10087 3495 10095 3518 10101 3518 10077
3518 10055 3495 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 231DEG 52KT 3499 10088
$$3 follow-up statements
018
WWUS54 KAMA 142307
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
507 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012
TXC129-142330-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121214T2330Z/
DONLEY TX-
507 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DONLEY COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM CST...
AT 453 PM...TEXAS DPS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLARENDON.
AT 504 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION WITHIN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LELIA LAKE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF CLARENDON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
LELIA LAKE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 10074 3494 10081 3518 10085 3518 10055
3495 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 231DEG 52KT 3501 10065
$$018
WWUS54 KAMA 142316
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
516 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012
TXC129-142330-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121214T2330Z/
DONLEY TX-
516 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DONLEY COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM CST...
AT 513 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF MCLEAN...OR 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CLARENDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN DONLEY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3493 10060 3505 10064 3518 10072 3518 10055
3495 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 231DEG 52KT 3509 10054
$$358
WWUS54 KAMA 142320 RRA
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
520 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012
TXC129-142330-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121214T2330Z/
DONLEY TX-
520 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DONLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF DONLEY COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CST.
LAT...LON 3493 10060 3505 10064 3518 10072 3518 10055
3495 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 231DEG 52KT 3508 10042
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 6:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 12 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 28 min |
| Dec 14, 2:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 28 min |
| Dec 14, 2:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 35 min |
| Dec 14, 2:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 36 min |
| Dec 14, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 55 min |
| Dec 14, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter, Randall | 95 min |
| Dec 14, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Hutchinson | 73 min |
| Dec 14, 4:12 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 108 min |
| Dec 14, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 26 min |
| Dec 14, 4:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley, Gray, Roberts | 33 min |
| Dec 14, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 52 min |
| Dec 14, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 26 min |
| Dec 14, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 68 min |
| Dec 14, 5:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 36 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.