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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2013, 3:37 PM CDT for Donley County, Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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
- May 29, 2013, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wsw Lake Mcclellan, TX | 2 SEMI TRUCKS TIPPED BY WIND AT I-40 AND HWY 70. |
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Lefors, TX | ALSO SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING AND 45 MPH WINDS. |
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 29, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 3011 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
026
WFUS54 KAMA 292037
TORAMA
TXC129-179-292100-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0013.130529T2037Z-130529T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
337 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GRAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
NORTHERN DONLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MCCLELLAN...OR 17 MILES
NORTH OF CLARENDON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
MCLEAN... LEFORS... LAKE MCCLELLAN...
ALANREED...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 146.
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 3510 10101 3541 10107 3562 10056 3518 10053
3517 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 227DEG 27KT 3520 10091
$$
LG1 follow-up statement
122 WWUS54 KAMA 292046 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 346 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 TXC129-179-292100- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130529T2100Z/ DONLEY TX-GRAY TX- 346 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAY AND NORTHEASTERN DONLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 344 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF LAKE MCCLELLAN... OR 20 MILES NORTH OF CLARENDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO INCLUDE... MCLEAN... LEFORS... LAKE MCCLELLAN... ALANREED... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 146. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3544 10100 3562 10056 3517 10054 3511 10095 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 239DEG 32KT 3523 10079 $$ LG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith | 3 hr |
| May 28, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 45 min |
| May 28, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 59 min |
| May 28, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 36 min |
| May 28, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 4 hr |
| May 28, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 66 min |
| May 28, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 36 min |
| May 28, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter, Randall | 30 min |
| May 28, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 31 min |
| May 28, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 30 min |
| May 28, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 32 min |
| May 28, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Potter, Randall | 65 min |
| May 29, 12:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 60 min |
| May 29, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 44 min |
| May 29, 1:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 34 min |
| May 29, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 65 min |
| May 29, 2:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 42 min |
| May 29, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 39 min |
| May 29, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 49 min |
| May 29, 3:40 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 54 min |
| May 29, 4:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more | 16 hr |
| May 29, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 30 min |
| May 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 65 min |
| May 29, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 23 min |
| May 29, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 27 min |
| May 29, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 29 min |
| May 29, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 31 min |
| May 29, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 32 min |
| May 29, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 24 min |
| May 29, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley, Gray | 95 min |
| May 29, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 46 min |
| May 29, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 34 min |
| May 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 30 min |
| May 29, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 87 min |
| May 29, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 65 min |
| May 29, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 60 min |
| May 29, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 93 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.