Tornado Warning 40, NWS Amarillo, TX

986 
WWUS54 KAMA 170127
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
727 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

TXC211-393-170200-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
HEMPHILL TX-ROBERTS TX-
727 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN HEMPHILL AND NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES...
    
AT 727 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LORA...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF MIAMI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANADIAN...LORA AND GLAZIER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3571 10055 3580 10068 3606 10055 3605 10017
      3604 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 217DEG 32KT 3581 10059 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRB

163 
WWUS54 KAMA 170144
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
744 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

TXC211-393-170200-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-151117T0200Z/
HEMPHILL TX-ROBERTS TX-
744 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN HEMPHILL AND NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES...
    
AT 743 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
CANADIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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
NORTHWESTERN HEMPHILL AND NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3585 10050 3588 10058 3606 10055 3605 10026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 213DEG 32KT 3594 10051 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRB

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
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

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
707 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 PM     TORNADO          10 E PERRYTON           36.39N 100.62W
11/16/2015                   OCHILTREE          TX   STORM CHASER

            SPOTTER REPORTED ONGOING LARGE TORNADO

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1500766

FENNER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
711 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0708 PM     TORNADO          2 SE PAMPA              35.53N 100.94W
11/16/2015                   GRAY               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            TORNADO ON THE SOUTHEST LOOP IN PAMPA.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1500768

LG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
712 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 PM     TORNADO          5 NE PERRYTON           36.44N 100.74W
11/16/2015                   OCHILTREE          TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
            PERRYTON.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1500769

LORENZEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
716 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0713 PM     TORNADO          3 NW BOOKER             36.49N 100.58W
11/16/2015                   OCHILTREE          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTI VORTEX TORNADO. ANOTHER SATELLITE TORNADO WAS
            REPORTED WEST OF THERE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1500770

LG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
717 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0709 PM     TORNADO          6 SE KINGSMILL          35.42N 101.00W
11/16/2015                   GRAY               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO REPORTED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSMILL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1500771

LORENZEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
719 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0717 PM     TORNADO          5 S ELMWOOD             36.55N 100.52W
11/16/2015                   BEAVER             OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTI VORTEX TORNADO.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1500772

LG