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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2015, 3:52 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 7 min. 2 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
- Apr 16, 2015, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2015, 3:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Carson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Panhandle, TX | |
| Apr 16, 3:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Panhandle, TX | AT EUCLID AND 10TH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825
WFUS54 KAMA 162052
TORAMA
TXC065-162130-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0007.150416T2052Z-150416T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
352 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 349 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
PANHANDLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LIVE SPOTTER VIDEO 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PANHANDLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3549 10129 3531 10113 3520 10142 3528 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 227DEG 23KT 3528 10140
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<1.00IN
$$
SIMPSON1 follow-up statement
310 WWUS54 KAMA 162059 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 359 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015 TXC065-162108- /O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150416T2130Z/ CARSON TX- 359 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CARSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3549 10129 3531 10113 3520 10142 3528 10156 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 227DEG 23KT 3531 10137 $$ SIMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 79 min |
| Apr 15, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Roberts | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 66 min |
| Apr 16, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Roberts | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Potter | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 3:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Carson, Gray, Roberts | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 5:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 6:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Wheeler | 5 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.