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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 22, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 8:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 27 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, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 9:08 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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, 8:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	11 Sse Wolf Creek Park, TX	CONE TORNADO REPORTED BECOMING RAIN WRAPPED.

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.

585 
WFUS54 KAMA 230141
TORAMA
TXC211-295-357-393-230230-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0020.160523T0141Z-160523T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  NORTHERN HEMPHILL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 840 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF WOLF CREEK PARK...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANADIAN...MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
  LIPSCOMB...CANADIAN...LAKE MARVIN AND GLAZIER. 

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 3601 10064 3618 10062 3626 10013 3574 10012
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 276DEG 17KT 3606 10054 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJG

1 follow-up statement

173 
WWUS54 KAMA 230208
SVSAMA

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

TXC211-295-357-393-230218-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160523T0230Z/
ROBERTS TX-HEMPHILL TX-LIPSCOMB TX-OCHILTREE TX-
908 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS...NORTHERN
HEMPHILL...SOUTHWESTERN LIPSCOMB AND SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS TO 50
MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3601 10064 3618 10062 3626 10013 3574 10012
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 276DEG 17KT 3605 10038 

$$

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, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Ochiltree	33 min
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, 8:54 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.