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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 24, 2016Armstrong County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 7:01 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 24, 2016, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 7:28 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Armstrong County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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.

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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 2245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 16.3

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The text

As transmitted.

106 
WFUS54 KAMA 250001
TORAMA
TXC011-250045-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0024.160525T0001Z-160525T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 701 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF WAYSIDE...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF CLAUDE...
  MOVING EAST 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY.

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 3476 10146 3492 10149 3500 10111 3475 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 252DEG 17KT 3485 10137 

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

$$

BRB

3 follow-up statements

392 
WWUS54 KAMA 250007
SVSAMA

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

TXC011-250045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
ARMSTRONG TX-
707 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY...
    
AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF WAYSIDE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF CLAUDE...
MOVING EAST 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3480 10146 3492 10143 3497 10111 3475 10110
      3475 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 268DEG 15KT 3484 10135 

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

$$

BRB

943 
WWUS54 KAMA 250018
SVSAMA

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

TXC011-250045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
ARMSTRONG TX-
718 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY...
    
AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODNIGHT...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF
CLAUDE...MOVING EAST 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3479 10134 3493 10137 3497 10111 3475 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 265DEG 16KT 3484 10129 

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

$$

BRB

442 
WWUS54 KAMA 250028
SVSAMA

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

TXC011-250037-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
ARMSTRONG TX-
728 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

LAT...LON 3479 10134 3493 10137 3497 10111 3475 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 252DEG 17KT 3486 10123 

$$

BRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray	26 min
May 24, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	93 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.