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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT for Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 6, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:52 PM CDT | TORNADO | 15 Sse Waka, TX |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
857 WFUS54 KAMA 070051 TORAMA TXC357-070130- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0005.140607T0051Z-140607T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 751 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAKA...OR 14 MILES EAST OF SPEARMAN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... PERRYTON... WOLF CREEK PARK... WAKA... FARNSWORTH... 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 3606 10108 3648 10108 3649 10054 3606 10055 TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 232DEG 8KT 3613 10095 $$ JC
2 follow-up statements
694 WWUS54 KAMA 070102 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 802 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 TXC357-070130- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140607T0130Z/ OCHILTREE TX- 802 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OCHILTREE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 757 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO.. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAKA...OR 15 MILES EAST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... PERRYTON... WOLF CREEK PARK... WAKA... FARNSWORTH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. && LAT...LON 3606 10108 3648 10108 3649 10054 3606 10055 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 232DEG 8KT 3615 10092 $$ 14
218 WWUS54 KAMA 070104 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 804 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 TXC357-070130- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140607T0130Z/ OCHILTREE TX- 804 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OCHILTREE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 757 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO.. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAKA...OR 15 MILES EAST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... PERRYTON... WOLF CREEK PARK... WAKA... FARNSWORTH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3606 10108 3648 10108 3649 10054 3606 10055 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 232DEG 8KT 3615 10092 $$ 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore, Sherman | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter, Randall | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 7:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Randall | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 7:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Moore, Roberts | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter, Randall | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 9:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 15 min |
| Jun 7, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 6:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 58 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.