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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 22, 2016Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 7:31 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Texas County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 161 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, 7:46 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Hardesty, OK

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 161 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.

604 
WFUS54 KAMA 230031
TORAMA
OKC139-230100-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0018.160523T0031Z-160523T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
    
* AT 731 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARDESTY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  GUYMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  HARDESTY.

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 3659 10095 3659 10096 3650 10112 3650 10143
      3681 10122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 228DEG 20KT 3652 10131 

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

$$

BRB

3 follow-up statements

481 
WWUS54 KAMA 230039
SVSAMA

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

OKC139-230100-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160523T0100Z/
TEXAS OK-
739 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY...
    
AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDESTY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUYMON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
HARDESTY.

LAT...LON 3650 10129 3655 10137 3678 10118 3659 10095
      3659 10096 3650 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 229DEG 24KT 3657 10123 

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

$$

BRB

776 
WWUS54 KAMA 230045
SVSAMA

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

OKC139-230100-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160523T0100Z/
TEXAS OK-
745 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY...
    
AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDESTY...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUYMON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
HARDESTY.

LAT...LON 3654 10136 3674 10113 3659 10095 3659 10096
      3650 10112 3650 10129
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 241DEG 23KT 3657 10119 

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

$$

BRB

992 
WWUS54 KAMA 230056
SVSAMA

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

OKC139-230104-
/O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160523T0100Z/
TEXAS OK-
756 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.


LAT...LON 3654 10136 3674 10113 3659 10095 3659 10096
      3650 10112 3650 10129
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 228DEG 20KT 3657 10119 

$$

BRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	29 min
May 22, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	33 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.