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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2014, 6:40 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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 22, 2014, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lipscomb County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:57 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Wsw Darrouzett, TX | STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH A CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM FLIPPED AND DAMAGED. TORNADO WAS RATED EF-0...AND LASTED 6 MINUTES. |
| Jun 22, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Darrouzett, TX | |
| Jun 22, 7:08 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Darrouzett, TX | |
| Jun 22, 7:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nnw Lipscomb, TX | STORM CHASERS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.
910 WFUS54 KAMA 222340 TORAMA TXC295-230030- /O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0009.140622T2340Z-140623T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 640 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DARROUZETT...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF LIPSCOMB. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... LIPSCOMB... DARROUZETT... 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 3623 10014 3623 10049 3647 10041 3646 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 358DEG 15KT 3643 10032 $$ JACKSON
4 follow-up statements
411 WWUS54 KAMA 222355 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 655 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 TXC295-230030- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140623T0030Z/ LIPSCOMB TX- 655 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 653 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH POWER FLASHES IN DARROUZETT. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DARROUZETT...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO INCLUDE... LIPSCOMB... DARROUZETT... LAT...LON 3623 10014 3623 10049 3647 10041 3646 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 358DEG 14KT 3642 10031 $$ JACKSON
039 WWUS54 KAMA 230003 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 703 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 TXC295-230030- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140623T0030Z/ LIPSCOMB TX- 703 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF DARROUZETT...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... LIPSCOMB... DARROUZETT... LAT...LON 3645 10022 3623 10014 3623 10049 3645 10042 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 328DEG 10KT 3641 10032 $$ JACKSON
225 WWUS54 KAMA 230011 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 711 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 TXC295-230030- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140623T0030Z/ LIPSCOMB TX- 711 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF DARROUZETT...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... LIPSCOMB... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3642 10021 3623 10014 3623 10049 3642 10043 TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 343DEG 14KT 3636 10033 $$ JACKSON
770 WWUS54 KAMA 230018 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 718 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 TXC295-230030- /O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140623T0030Z/ LIPSCOMB TX- 718 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF DARROUZETT...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... LIPSCOMB... 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 3639 10020 3623 10014 3623 10049 3638 10044 TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 349DEG 9KT 3634 10034 $$ JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 67 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.