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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 14, 2012, 4:54 PM CST for Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
- Dec 14, 2012, 4:54 PM CST (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2012, 5:20 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gray County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 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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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 82 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.
754 WFUS54 KAMA 142254 TORAMA TXC179-142330- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0006.121214T2254Z-121214T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 454 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GRAY 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 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GROOM...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF PAMPA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... MCLEAN... LEFORS... LAKE MCCLELLAN... ALANREED... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 145. 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 3558 10071 3518 10055 3518 10101 3529 10106 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 224DEG 40KT 3527 10098 $$ JACKSON
3 follow-up statements
158 WWUS54 KAMA 142302 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 502 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 TXC179-142330- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121214T2330Z/ GRAY TX- 502 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... AT 500 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF LAKE MCCLELLAN...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF PAMPA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... MCLEAN... LEFORS... ALANREED... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 145. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3538 10096 3558 10071 3518 10056 3518 10085 TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 228DEG 46KT 3533 10087 $$ JACKSON
698 WWUS54 KAMA 142312 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 512 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 TXC179-142330- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121214T2330Z/ GRAY TX- 512 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN GRAY COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... AT 509 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEFORS...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAMPA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ALANREED MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... MCLEAN... LEFORS... ALANREED... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 144. 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 3547 10085 3558 10071 3518 10056 3518 10072 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 232DEG 46KT 3540 10075 $$ JACKSON
731 WWUS54 KAMA 142320 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 520 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 TXC179-142330- /O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121214T2330Z/ GRAY TX- 520 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GRAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA 615 PM CST. LAT...LON 3547 10085 3558 10071 3518 10056 3518 10072 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 232DEG 46KT 3547 10064 $$ JACKSON
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, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.