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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2013, 3:56 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 28, 2013, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2013, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Beaver County, OK
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 N Forgan, OK |
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 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 2913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
558 WFUS54 KAMA 282056 TORAMA OKC007-282130- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0002.130528T2056Z-130528T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 356 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORGAN...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEAVER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTH AT 15 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... BEAVER... MOCANE... KNOWLES... FORGAN... 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 3677 10019 3676 10056 3700 10066 3701 10009 TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 175DEG 13KT 3697 10043 $$ JOHNSON
3 follow-up statements
742 WWUS54 KAMA 282105 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 405 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 OKC007-282130- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130528T2130Z/ BEAVER OK- 405 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORGAN...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF BEAVER...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... MOCANE... KNOWLES... FORGAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3683 10016 3684 10059 3700 10066 3701 10009 TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 175DEG 13KT 3696 10048 $$ JOHNSON
400 WWUS54 KAMA 282116 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 416 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 OKC007-282130- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130528T2130Z/ BEAVER OK- 416 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORGAN...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF BEAVER...MOVING NORTH AT 15 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 DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... MOCANE... KNOWLES... FORGAN... 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 3683 10016 3684 10059 3700 10066 3701 10009 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 172DEG 12KT 3698 10049 $$ JOHNSON
164 WWUS54 KAMA 282130 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 430 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 OKC007-282139- /O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130528T2130Z/ BEAVER OK- 430 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FOR WESTERN BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3683 10016 3684 10059 3700 10066 3701 10009 TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 172DEG 12KT 3702 10050 $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 25 min |
| May 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 65 min |
| May 28, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 27 min |
| May 28, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 57 min |
| May 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 31 min |
| May 28, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 53 min |
| May 28, 6:14 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 53 min |
| May 28, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 37 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.