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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Amarillo, TX

November 16, 2015Carson County, Hutchinson County, Texas

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 16, 7:44 PM CSTTORNADO10 Ne Borger, TXBRIEF 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 16, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 345 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

SIMPSON
1 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

$$

SIMPSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 6:06 PM CSTTornado WarningAMACarson, Gray24 min
Nov 16, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 1 more66 min
Nov 16, 6:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall41 min
Nov 16, 6:25 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAGray35 min
Nov 16, 6:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb, Ochiltree94 min
Nov 16, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningAMALipscomb, Ochiltree44 min
Nov 16, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningAMACarson, Gray29 min
Nov 16, 6:50 PM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatAMAGray, Hemphill, Roberts40 min
Nov 16, 7:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford44 min
Nov 16, 7:04 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatAMAGray26 min
Nov 16, 7:20 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatAMAHemphill, Roberts40 min
Nov 16, 7:23 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatAMARoberts52 min
Nov 16, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree and 3 more66 min
Nov 16, 7:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall53 min
Nov 16, 7:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Potter53 min
Nov 16, 7:51 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAHemphill, Lipscomb54 min
Nov 16, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningAMAHutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts35 min
Nov 16, 7:57 PM CSTTornado WarningAMACarson, Potter21 min
Nov 16, 8:19 PM CSTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree, Roberts41 min
Nov 16, 8:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts47 min
Nov 16, 8:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong44 min
Nov 16, 8:39 PM CSTTornado WarningAMALipscomb36 min
Nov 16, 8:52 PM CSTTornado WarningAMALipscomb, Ochiltree42 min
Nov 16, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray33 min
Nov 16, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Wheeler47 min
Nov 16, 9:18 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMALipscomb42 min
Nov 16, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray18 min
Nov 17, 5:16 AM CSTWind AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 7 more13 hr
Nov 17, 5:33 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAMADallam, Hansford, Hartley, Sherman17 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.