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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 24, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 6:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports 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 24, 2016, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Hansford County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 24, 6:44 PM CDT	TORNADO	11 S Spearman, TX	BRIEF ANTICYCLONIC TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR 3 MINUTES BEFORE LIFTING.
May 24, 6:58 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	9 Sse Spearman, TX
May 24, 7:53 PM CDT	HAIL 3.5	9 S Perryton, TX	HAIL UP TO 3.5 INCHES FOUND ALONG HIGHWAY 70 SOUTH OF PERRYTON.

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 24, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 1251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

989 
WFUS54 KAMA 242342
TORAMA
TXC195-233-357-393-250045-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0023.160524T2342Z-160525T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
642 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HANSFORD COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 641 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
  SPEARMAN...WAKA AND FARNSWORTH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3588 10106 3602 10133 3642 10116 3626 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 207DEG 12KT 3605 10120 

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

$$

LG

5 follow-up statements

939 
WWUS54 KAMA 242350
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
650 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

TXC195-233-357-393-250045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
ROBERTS TX-OCHILTREE TX-HANSFORD TX-HUTCHINSON TX-
650 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS...SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE...SOUTHEASTERN HANSFORD
AND NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES...
    
AT 649 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
SPEARMAN...WAKA AND FARNSWORTH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3588 10106 3602 10133 3642 10116 3626 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 209DEG 13KT 3607 10117 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

LG

029 
WWUS54 KAMA 242355
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
655 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

TXC195-233-357-393-250045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
ROBERTS TX-OCHILTREE TX-HANSFORD TX-HUTCHINSON TX-
655 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS...SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE...SOUTHEASTERN HANSFORD
AND NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES...
    
AT 655 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
SPEARMAN...WAKA AND FARNSWORTH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3595 10100 3604 10132 3642 10116 3626 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 222DEG 13KT 3607 10114 

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

$$

LG

637 
WWUS54 KAMA 250010
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
710 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

TXC195-233-357-393-250045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
ROBERTS TX-OCHILTREE TX-HANSFORD TX-HUTCHINSON TX-
710 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS...SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE...SOUTHEASTERN HANSFORD
AND NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES...

AT 709 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
WAKA AND FARNSWORTH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3602 10125 3637 10104 3626 10075 3595 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 234DEG 17KT 3609 10105 

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

$$

LG

863 
WWUS54 KAMA 250020
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
720 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

TXC195-233-250029-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
HANSFORD TX-HUTCHINSON TX-
720 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HANSFORD AND NORTHEASTERN
HUTCHINSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

LAT...LON 3597 10108 3637 10104 3626 10075 3595 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 238DEG 22KT 3612 10098 

$$

TXC357-393-250045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
ROBERTS TX-OCHILTREE TX-
720 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS AND SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES...
    
AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF WAKA...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SPEARMAN...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...
WAKA AND FARNSWORTH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3597 10108 3637 10104 3626 10075 3595 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 238DEG 22KT 3612 10098 

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

$$

LG

997 
WWUS54 KAMA 250039
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
739 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

TXC357-393-250048-
/O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
ROBERTS TX-OCHILTREE TX-
739 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS AND SOUTHWESTERN
OCHILTREE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.  

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS AND SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES. UNTIL
745 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3597 10108 3637 10104 3626 10075 3595 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 207DEG 12KT 3612 10098 

$$

LG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	30 min
May 23, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	56 min
May 23, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	52 min
May 23, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	36 min
May 23, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Donley, Gray	30 min
May 23, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	28 min
May 23, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler	24 min
May 23, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	55 min
May 23, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	25 min
May 23, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	16 min
May 23, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	29 min
May 23, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	47 min
May 23, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	60 min
May 23, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	33 min
May 23, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	62 min
May 23, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Donley	21 min
May 23, 10:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Donley	3 hr
May 23, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	35 min
May 23, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Donley	46 min
May 23, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	42 min
May 24, 3:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree and 2 more	6 hr
May 24, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	64 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson	61 min
May 24, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	48 min
May 24, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	90 min
May 24, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	43 min
May 24, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	67 min
May 24, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	88 min
May 24, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	58 min
May 24, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Donley	65 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.