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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 22, 2016Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 7:27 PM CDT for Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 22, 2016, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

County Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 22, 7:49 PM CDT	TORNADO	20 S Perryton, TX	CHASER REPORTED CONE TORNADO ON GROUND FROM 749 TO 751 PM. TORNADO WAS NEAR HIGHWAY 281 AND WAS VIEWED FROM THE EAST LOOKING BACK TO THE WEST AT STORM.

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 22, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 2186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 5.7

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The text

As transmitted.

060 
WFUS54 KAMA 230027
TORAMA
TXC357-230100-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0017.160523T0027Z-160523T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 727 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF WOLF CREEK PARK...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYTON...MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS AND STORM CHASERS 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...
  WOLF CREEK PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3610 10086 3616 10091 3636 10062 3610 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 255DEG 12KT 3615 10082 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJG

1 follow-up statement

821 
WWUS54 KAMA 230048
SVSAMA

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

TXC357-230100-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160523T0100Z/
OCHILTREE TX-
748 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY...
    
AT 747 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOLF CREEK PARK...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOLF CREEK PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3610 10086 3618 10086 3628 10060 3610 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 298DEG 9KT 3610 10080 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Donley, Gray	3 hr
May 22, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Ochiltree, Roberts	50 min
May 22, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	26 min
May 22, 8:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Collingsworth	3 hr
May 22, 8:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Ochiltree	3 hr
May 22, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	37 min
May 22, 8:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Donley	3 hr
May 22, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	27 min
May 22, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Collingsworth	3 hr
May 22, 8:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Donley	3 hr
May 22, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	37 min
May 22, 9:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Collingsworth	3 hr
May 22, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	29 min
May 22, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Ochiltree, Roberts	3 hr
May 22, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	48 min
May 23, 3:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	12 hr
May 23, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	67 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	47 min
May 23, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray	64 min
May 23, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.