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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 5:58 PM CST for Ochiltree County, Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 19 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
- Nov 16, 2015, 5:58 PM CST (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2015, 6:17 PM CST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 6:02 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 19 Sw Wolf Creek Park, TX | GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR WOLF CREEK PARK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
688
WFUS54 KAMA 162358
TORAMA
TXC357-393-170030-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0032.151116T2358Z-151117T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
558 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 558 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTH
AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE AND NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3583 10093 3587 10108 3616 10107 3610 10071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 196DEG 35KT 3591 10101
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<1.00IN
$$
SIMPSON1 follow-up statement
452
WWUS54 KAMA 170017
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
617 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
TXC357-393-170026-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-151117T0030Z/
OCHILTREE TX-ROBERTS TX-
617 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE AND NORTHWESTERN
ROBERTS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
CONTAINS AN IMMINENT TORNADO THREAT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST.
LAT...LON 3583 10093 3587 10108 3616 10107 3610 10071
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 196DEG 35KT 3608 10095
$$
SIMPSONWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Nov 16, 5:44 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 5:44 PM CST, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 544 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015 .AVIATION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE MID EVENING. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TAF SITES TUESDAY MORNING WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS. CLOUDS WILL LOWER BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN VFR. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 339 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015/ DISCUSSION... AS A LOW APPROACHES THE AREA...TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE REACHED THE 70S AND DEW POINTS INTO THE 50S. THIS HAS ALLOWED THE PANHANDLES TO BE PRIMED FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN PANHANDLES AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS CAPE OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA IS FORECAST TO BE AROUND 1600J/KG. EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR IS LARGE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT DISCRETE SUPERCELLS. HIRES MODELS ARE INDICATING THESE DISCRETE CELLS WILL TURN INTO A QLCS LATE THIS EVENING AND THIS LINE OF STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE PANHANDLES BY MIDNIGHT IF IT FOLLOWS THE TEXAS TECH WRF. IF IT FOLLOWS THE HRRR...THE LINE WILL FORM EAST OF THE AREA. ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL SEE WRAP AROUND PRECIP IN THE FORM OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO SNOW ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THE NAM AND GFS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT ON THIS PART OF THE EVENT NOW AND ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT WITH TOTALS UP TO ONE HALF INCH...MOSTLY IN THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TUESDAY TO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE SO VISIBILITIES MAY DROP WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. THESE VALUES ARE CURRENTLY LOWER THAN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BUT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED IF VISIBILITY DROPS LOW ENOUGH. AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND PRECIP MOVES OUT OF THE AREA...WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY ARE LOOKING TO BE DRY. TEMPS SHOULD BE AROUND SEASONAL VALUES EXCEPT FOR SATURDAY WHEN A DRY COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND COOLS TEMPS FOR THE DAY BUT THE RETURN OF SOUTHERLY FLOW SHOULD BRING TEMPS BACK UP BY SUNDAY. BEAT && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 15/10
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 2:39 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 239 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-171200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 239 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AREA WIDE...THE GREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM CLAUDE TO SPEARMAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME ESPECIALLY IN THE FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...AN INCH OR LESS COULD FALL. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS WILL LIKELY BE ACTIVATED THROUGH THE EVENING. BEAT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 4:44 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 444 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015 TXZ008-009-013-014-162315- ROBERTS TX-GRAY TX-CARSON TX-HUTCHINSON TX- 444 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAY...SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON...EASTERN CARSON AND SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST... AT 444 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITE DEER...OR 8 MILES EAST OF PANHANDLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAMPA...WHITE DEER...SKELLYTOWN AND KINGSMILL. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3526 10118 3534 10138 3579 10118 3567 10089 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 207DEG 60KT 3538 10124 SIMPSON
Local storm report, Nov 16, 5:15 PM CST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
515 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM HAIL 4 SW GUYMON 36.65N 101.53W
11/16/2015 M1.50 INCH TEXAS OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1500749
LGLocal storm report, Nov 16, 5:16 PM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
516 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0507 PM HAIL 1 S HOOKER 36.85N 101.21W
11/16/2015 M1.00 INCH TEXAS OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1500750
LGLocal storm report, Nov 16, 5:22 PM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
522 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0521 PM HAIL TYRONE 36.96N 101.07W
11/16/2015 M1.75 INCH TEXAS OK BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1500751
LGSpecial weather statement, Nov 16, 5:24 PM CST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 524 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015 OKZ001-170015- CIMARRON OK- 524 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL CIMARRON COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CST... AT 524 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF BOISE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL CIMARRON COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3699 10221 3679 10248 3681 10277 3700 10270 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 208DEG 48KT 3688 10254 SIMPSON
Local storm report, Nov 16, 5:28 PM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
528 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM HAIL TYRONE 36.96N 101.07W
11/16/2015 E1.75 INCH TEXAS OK PUBLIC
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS FELL IN TYRONE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1500752
FENNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 12:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 12:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 33 min |
| Nov 16, 1:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 32 min |
| Nov 16, 1:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 33 min |
| Nov 16, 3:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 4:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 4:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 23 min |
| Nov 16, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 45 min |
| Nov 16, 4:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 27 min |
| Nov 16, 4:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 31 min |
| Nov 16, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 55 min |
| Nov 16, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 43 min |
| Nov 16, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 24 min |
| Nov 16, 5:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Roberts | 24 min |
| Nov 16, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 33 min |
| Nov 16, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 64 min |
| Nov 16, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 47 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.