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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2014, 6:11 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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 22, 2014, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:31 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Se Elmwood, OK | TOPS OF TREES SNAPPED AND A METAL GARAGE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. TORNADO WAS RATED EF-0...AND LASTED 1 MINUTE. |
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 22, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
180 WFUS54 KAMA 222311 TORAMA OKC007-TXC295-230000- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0008.140622T2311Z-140623T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 611 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... SOUTH CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF SLAPOUT...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LIPSCOMB AND SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTIES. 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 3646 10023 3647 10046 3663 10041 3663 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 015DEG 9KT 3660 10032 $$ JACKSON
4 follow-up statements
443 WWUS54 KAMA 222319 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 619 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 OKC007-TXC295-230000- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140623T0000Z/ BEAVER OK-LIPSCOMB TX- 619 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIPSCOMB AND SOUTH CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF SLAPOUT...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LIPSCOMB AND SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. && LAT...LON 3661 10020 3646 10023 3647 10046 3661 10042 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 003DEG 8KT 3659 10030 $$ JACKSON
850 WWUS54 KAMA 222331 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 631 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 OKC007-TXC295-230000- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140623T0000Z/ BEAVER OK-LIPSCOMB TX- 631 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIPSCOMB AND SOUTH CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF DARROUZETT...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE CIRCULATION IS WEAKENING...AND IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LIPSCOMB AND SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTIES. 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 3658 10021 3646 10023 3647 10046 3658 10043 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 002DEG 9KT 3655 10030 $$ JACKSON
611 WWUS54 KAMA 222346 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 646 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 OKC007-222355- /O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140623T0000Z/ BEAVER OK- 646 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3650 10022 3646 10023 3647 10046 3650 10045 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 002DEG 9KT 3645 10034 $$ TXC295-230000- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140623T0000Z/ LIPSCOMB TX- 646 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 642 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 23 ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF DARROUZETT. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DARROUZETT...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY. LAT...LON 3650 10022 3646 10023 3647 10046 3650 10045 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 002DEG 9KT 3645 10034 $$ JACKSON
697 WWUS54 KAMA 222351 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 651 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 TXC295-230001- /O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140623T0000Z/ LIPSCOMB TX- 651 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3650 10022 3646 10023 3647 10046 3650 10045 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 002DEG 9KT 3643 10034 $$ JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 4:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Beaver | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Beaver | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 17 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.