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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 22, 2016Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT for Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Hansford County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2016-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1488 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
1488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

184 
WFUS54 KAMA 222329
TORAMA
TXC195-357-230015-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0015.160522T2329Z-160523T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
629 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN HANSFORD COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 628 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF WAKA...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SPEARMAN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE AND NORTHEASTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES.

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 3629 10105 3631 10126 3650 10113 3649 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 224DEG 22KT 3631 10115 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MJG
1 follow-up statement
983 
WWUS54 KAMA 222357
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
657 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

TXC195-357-230015-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160523T0015Z/
OCHILTREE TX-HANSFORD TX-
657 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE AND NORTHEASTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES...
    
AT 657 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKA...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF
SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE AND NORTHEASTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3635 10111 3637 10122 3650 10113 3650 10099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 206DEG 27KT 3641 10117 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MJG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham61 min
May 21, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley, Moore65 min
May 21, 7:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHartley3 hr
May 21, 7:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAHartley3 hr
May 21, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley66 min
May 21, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham47 min
May 21, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith51 min
May 21, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley42 min
May 21, 8:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADeaf Smith3 hr
May 21, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham81 min
May 21, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham59 min
May 21, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham60 min
May 21, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham31 min
May 22, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham64 min
May 22, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam27 min
May 22, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Donley, Gray55 min
May 22, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson59 min
May 22, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley48 min
May 22, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray54 min
May 22, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley, Gray60 min
May 22, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree62 min
May 22, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Sherman59 min
May 22, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Roberts53 min
May 22, 5:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMADonley, Gray3 hr
May 22, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley65 min
May 22, 5:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts3 hr
May 22, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley, Gray61 min
May 22, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree58 min
May 22, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADonley26 min
May 22, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Sherman26 min
May 22, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMADonley3 hr
May 22, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley59 min
May 22, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley, Gray80 min
May 22, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree64 min
May 22, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree44 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.