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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:07 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 8 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 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.
- 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
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
$$
CE2 follow-up statements
526
WWUS54 KAMA 162253
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
553 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016
TXC111-421-162330-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160516T2330Z/
DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX-
553 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DALLAM AND NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES...
AT 552 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF CONLEN...OR 14 MILES WEST OF STRATFORD...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONLEN.
LAT...LON 3650 10241 3650 10190 3616 10227 3642 10248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 279DEG 27KT 3642 10232
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
BRB245
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/BRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 60 min |
| May 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 63 min |
| May 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Dallam | 25 min |
| May 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 38 min |
| May 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 67 min |
| May 16, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Sherman | 35 min |
| May 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 75 min |
| May 16, 6:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Sherman | 3 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.