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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 7:16 PM CST for Carson County, Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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, 7:16 PM CST (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 7:44 PM CST | TORNADO | 10 Ne Borger, TX | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE AND NO DAMAGE REPORTED. EF0. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
475
WFUS54 KAMA 170116
TORAMA
TXC065-233-170200-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0039.151117T0116Z-151117T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
716 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 716 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BORGER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BORGER...FRITCH...STINNETT AND SANFORD.
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 3550 10162 3554 10162 3592 10143 3577 10109
3542 10145
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 211DEG 37KT 3553 10147
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<1.00IN
$$
SIMPSON1 follow-up statement
788
WWUS54 KAMA 170133
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
733 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
TXC065-170143-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
CARSON TX-
733 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CARSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST.
LAT...LON 3564 10148 3592 10143 3577 10109 3562 10124
3562 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 211DEG 37KT 3568 10136
$$
TXC233-170200-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
HUTCHINSON TX-
733 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY...
AT 733 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BORGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BORGER AND STINNETT.
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 3564 10148 3592 10143 3577 10109 3562 10124
3562 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 211DEG 37KT 3568 10136
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SIMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 6:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 24 min |
| Nov 16, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 1 more | 66 min |
| Nov 16, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 94 min |
| Nov 16, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 29 min |
| Nov 16, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts | 40 min |
| Nov 16, 7:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 7:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 40 min |
| Nov 16, 7:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Roberts | 52 min |
| Nov 16, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree and 3 more | 66 min |
| Nov 16, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 53 min |
| Nov 16, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Potter | 53 min |
| Nov 16, 7:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 54 min |
| Nov 16, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 7:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Potter | 21 min |
| Nov 16, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 47 min |
| Nov 16, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 8:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 36 min |
| Nov 16, 8:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 33 min |
| Nov 16, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 47 min |
| Nov 16, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 9:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 18 min |
| Nov 17, 5:16 AM CST | Wind Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 17, 5:33 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | AMA | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Sherman | 17 hr |
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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.