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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 6, 2014Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 7:06 PM CDT for Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 6, 2014, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 7:15 PM CDTTORNADO10 Wnw Channing, TX
Jun 6, 7:24 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG11 Nw Channing, TXROOF PARTIALLY LIFTED FROM BARN. SHINGLES LIFTED FROM HOUSE. LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 6, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1985 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

797 
WFUS54 KAMA 070006
TORAMA
TXC111-205-070045-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0003.140607T0006Z-140607T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
706 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HARTLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE
  STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF CHANNING...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF
  DALHART. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  DALHART...            HARTLEY...            CONLEN...
  CHANNING...

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 3628 10264 3628 10216 3563 10217 3563 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 236DEG 15KT 3569 10254

$$

JC
1 follow-up statement
615 
WWUS54 KAMA 070019
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
719 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

TXC111-205-070045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140607T0045Z/
DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX-
719 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HARTLEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 715 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF CHANNING...OR 24
MILES SOUTH OF DALHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION TO
THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL
UP TO BASEBALL SIZE.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO INCLUDE...
  DALHART...            HARTLEY...            CONLEN...
  CHANNING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1.

&&

LAT...LON 3628 10264 3628 10216 3563 10217 3563 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 236DEG 15KT 3572 10248

$$

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore, Sherman32 min
Jun 6, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman56 min
Jun 6, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter, Randall39 min
Jun 6, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley62 min
Jun 6, 7:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman3 hr
Jun 6, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Randall57 min
Jun 6, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree39 min
Jun 6, 7:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHansford, Ochiltree3 hr
Jun 6, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith51 min
Jun 6, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Moore, Roberts55 min
Jun 6, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham51 min
Jun 6, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong, Carson40 min
Jun 6, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith, Oldham48 min
Jun 6, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts64 min
Jun 6, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter, Randall40 min
Jun 6, 9:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
Jun 6, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall40 min
Jun 6, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb56 min
Jun 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson49 min
Jun 6, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler47 min
Jun 6, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler67 min
Jun 6, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth58 min
Jun 6, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth15 min
Jun 7, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith38 min
Jun 7, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith46 min
Jun 7, 6:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Hartley, Moore3 hr
Jun 7, 7:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley39 min
Jun 7, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley58 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.