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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 15, 2016Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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 15, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 15, 7:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Sw Eva, OK	SEVERAL REPORTS OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR LESS THAN 1 MINUTE SOUTHWEST OF EVA AND NORTHWEST OF TEXHOMA.
Apr 15, 7:56 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Sw Eva, OK	TORNADO LASTED ABOUT 3 MINUTES
Apr 15, 8:02 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Wsw Eva, OK	THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AROUND A COUPLE MINUTES

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 severe thunderstorm 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
Apr 15, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1077 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

760 
WUUS54 KAMA 160015
SVRAMA
OKC025-139-160100-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0016.160416T0015Z-160416T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
715 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CIMARRON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...
  WESTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
  GRIGGS...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF STRATFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE. 
           PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GUYMON...GOODWELL...TEXHOMA...EVA AND STURGIS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3670 10140 3650 10174 3650 10180 3671 10219
      3699 10203 3699 10192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 221DEG 40KT 3658 10202 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CE

2 follow-up statements

285 
WWUS54 KAMA 160041
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
741 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

OKC025-139-160100-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160416T0100Z/
CIMARRON OK-TEXAS OK-
741 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CIMARRON AND WESTERN TEXAS COUNTIES...

AT 740 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EVA...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE. 
         PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVA AND STURGIS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3678 10154 3655 10190 3671 10219 3699 10203
      3699 10192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 224DEG 39KT 3673 10199 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CE

662 
WWUS54 KAMA 160049
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
749 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

OKC025-139-160100-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160416T0100Z/
CIMARRON OK-TEXAS OK-
749 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CIMARRON AND NORTHWESTERN TEXAS COUNTIES...

AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EVA...OR 13
MILES SOUTH OF ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE. 
         PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVA AND STURGIS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3684 10165 3662 10197 3676 10215 3699 10203
      3699 10192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 221DEG 40KT 3681 10191 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 15, 6:44 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:44 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
644 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

.AVIATION...
STRONG SOUTHEAST LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.  IFR STRATUS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND TO
PERSIST UNTIL 15Z TO 18Z SATURDAY.  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY
IMPACT TERMINALS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  SOUTHEAST SURFACE
WINDS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

COCKRELL

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016/

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NOW ALONG DRYLINE...POSITIONED
NEAR THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE.  SEE EARLIER FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR
ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENT.   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

CLOSED MID-LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY WEST OF 4-CORNERS EXPECTED TO MOVE
VERY SLOWLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MOST DAYS OF THE FORECAST. EASTERN SECTIONS OF
PANHANDLES TARGETED FOR HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH SUNDAY.  A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WHEN COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

CURRENT FORECAST HAS MONDAY AS A DRY DAY IN THE WAKE OF COLD FRONT.
THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES REMAIN IN FORECAST MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY DUE TO EXPECTED MOISTURE RETURN.  LOW POPS THEREAFTER
CONFINED TO EASTERN SECTIONS.  03

COCKRELL

FIRE WEATHER...
NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
FRIDAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WETTING RAINS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES REMAINING ABOVE 20 PERCENT.  03

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                54  71  45  61  41 /  60  60  70  50  40
BEAVER OK                  58  67  51  58  42 /  80  90 100  80  50
BOISE CITY OK              48  62  39  52  36 /  80  90  60  40  30
BORGER TX                  58  69  48  61  42 /  60  60  90  60  40
BOYS RANCH TX              53  72  45  61  41 /  50  60  60  40  30
CANYON TX                  51  73  45  63  41 /  50  50  70  40  30
CLARENDON TX               55  69  51  64  44 /  60  60 100  50  40
DALHART TX                 49  68  40  57  38 /  50  70  60  40  30
GUYMON OK                  55  66  45  56  40 /  80  90  80  70  30
HEREFORD TX                52  74  44  63  41 /  50  50  60  30  30
LIPSCOMB TX                58  66  53  60  44 /  60  80 100  80  60
PAMPA TX                   56  67  48  60  42 /  60  60 100  60  40
SHAMROCK TX                56  66  54  63  46 /  60  80 100  80  50
WELLINGTON TX              56  68  56  66  48 /  60  80 100  80  50

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                54  71  45  61  41 /  60  60  70  50  40
BEAVER OK                  58  67  51  58  42 /  80  90 100  80  50
BOISE CITY OK              48  62  39  52  36 /  80  90  60  40  30
BORGER TX                  58  69  48  61  42 /  60  60  90  60  40
BOYS RANCH TX              53  72  45  61  41 /  50  60  60  40  30
CANYON TX                  51  73  45  63  41 /  50  50  70  40  30
CLARENDON TX               55  69  51  64  44 /  60  60 100  50  40
DALHART TX                 49  68  40  57  38 /  50  70  60  40  30
GUYMON OK                  55  66  45  56  40 /  80  90  80  70  30
HEREFORD TX                52  74  44  63  41 /  50  50  60  30  30
LIPSCOMB TX                58  66  53  60  44 /  60  80 100  80  60
PAMPA TX                   56  67  48  60  42 /  60  60 100  60  40
SHAMROCK TX                56  66  54  63  46 /  60  80 100  80  50
WELLINGTON TX              56  68  56  66  48 /  60  80 100  80  50

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
     COLLINGSWORTH...DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HEMPHILL...
     HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...OCHILTREE...ROBERTS...WHEELER.

OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER.

&&

03/02

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
319 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-161100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
319 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES FROM SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT
DEVELOP COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE ON SATURDAY. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
NEEDED AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

COCKRELL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
600 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

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

0552 PM     HAIL             1 S DALHART             36.05N 102.52W
04/15/2016  M1.75 INCH       HARTLEY            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600166

BJS

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
602 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

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

0554 PM     HAIL             1 N DALHART             36.08N 102.52W
04/15/2016  E1.75 INCH       DALLAM             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600167

BJS

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
604 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

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

0556 PM     HAIL             1 W DALHART             36.06N 102.53W
04/15/2016  M2.50 INCH       DALLAM             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600168

BJS

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:51 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
651 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

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

0639 PM     HAIL             CONLEN                  36.24N 102.24W
04/15/2016  M1.50 INCH       DALLAM             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600169

BJS

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:57 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
657 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

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

0548 PM     HAIL             DALHART                 36.06N 102.52W
04/15/2016  E1.25 INCH       HARTLEY            TX   PUBLIC

            HAIL ESTIMATED AT THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS WAS REPORTED
            IN DALHART.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600170

FENNER

Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
715 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

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

0649 PM     HAIL             4 W STRATFORD           36.35N 102.15W
04/15/2016  M1.00 INCH       SHERMAN            TX   STORM CHASER

            HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WAS REPORTED WEST OF STRATFORD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600171

FENNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	59 min
Apr 15, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	23 min
Apr 15, 8:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	3 hr
Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	64 min
Apr 15, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Texas	48 min
Apr 15, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	75 min
Apr 15, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	45 min
Apr 15, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	62 min
Apr 16, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	33 min
Apr 16, 1:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	5 hr
Apr 16, 4:13 AM CDT	Flood Watch	AMA	Beaver	22 hr
Apr 16, 9:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	3 hr
Apr 16, 12:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	4 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.