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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 16, 2016Dallam County, Sherman County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2016, 5:42 PM CDT for Dallam County, Sherman County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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
May 16, 2016, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Dallam County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 6:07 PM CDTHAIL 0.888 N Stratford, TX

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
May 16, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

803 
WFUS54 KAMA 162242
TORAMA
TXC111-421-162330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0010.160516T2242Z-160516T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
542 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DALLAM COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
    
* AT 542 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONLEN...OR 20 MILES WEST OF
  STRATFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  CONLEN.

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 3650 10248 3650 10190 3616 10227 3639 10255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 277DEG 29KT 3644 10242 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

CE
2 follow-up statements
526 
WWUS54 KAMA 162253
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
553 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

TXC111-421-162330-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160516T2330Z/
DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX-
553 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DALLAM AND NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES...
    
AT 552 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF CONLEN...OR 14 MILES WEST OF STRATFORD...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
CONLEN.

LAT...LON 3650 10241 3650 10190 3616 10227 3642 10248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 279DEG 27KT 3642 10232 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

BRB
245 
WWUS54 KAMA 162306
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
606 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

TXC111-421-162330-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160516T2330Z/
DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX-
606 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DALLAM AND NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES...
        
AT 605 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF STRATFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD. 

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...
CONLEN.

LAT...LON 3650 10230 3650 10190 3620 10223 3638 10234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 293DEG 36KT 3637 10220 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

CE/BRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham60 min
May 16, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam63 min
May 16, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam25 min
May 16, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam, Hartley38 min
May 16, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley67 min
May 16, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningAMASherman35 min
May 16, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Sherman75 min
May 16, 6:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMASherman3 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.