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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 13, 2016Carson County, Potter County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2016, 8:23 PM CDT for Carson County, Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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: Jun 13, 2016, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2016, 8:47 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Carson County, TX, Potter County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 13, 8:25 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 Nnw Pantex, TX	TORNADO START TIME WAS 825 PM AND END TIME WAS 837 PM. END LOCATION WAS 6 MILES NORTH OF PANTEX. RATED EF-2.
Jun 13, 8:27 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 Wnw Pantex, TX

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
Jun 13, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 13, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 23 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: 2268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 5.8

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The text

As transmitted.

758 
WFUS54 KAMA 140123
TORAMA
TXC065-375-140200-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0028.160614T0123Z-160614T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
823 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
    
* AT 822 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF FRITCH...OR 16 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PANHANDLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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
  NORTHWESTERN CARSON AND NORTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES.

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 3537 10176 3553 10179 3556 10147 3534 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 192DEG 8KT 3545 10165 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<1.00IN

$$

BRB

4 follow-up statements

471 
WWUS54 KAMA 140125
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
825 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

TXC065-375-140200-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160614T0200Z/
CARSON TX-POTTER TX-
825 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CARSON AND NORTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES...
    
AT 825 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED LOCATED 13 MILES
SOUTH OF FRITCH...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANHANDLE...MOVING NORTH
AT 10 MPH.

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

SOURCE...LIVE STORM CHASER VIDEO AND STORM 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN CARSON AND NORTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3537 10176 3553 10179 3556 10147 3534 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 192DEG 8KT 3546 10165 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRB

061 
WWUS54 KAMA 140129
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
829 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

TXC065-375-140200-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160614T0200Z/
CARSON TX-POTTER TX-
829 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CARSON AND EAST CENTRAL POTTER COUNTIES...
    
AT 829 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF
FRITCH...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANHANDLE...AND IS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL CARSON AND EAST CENTRAL POTTER COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3536 10171 3541 10177 3548 10178 3554 10172
      3555 10156 3549 10150 3534 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 240DEG 4KT 3544 10164 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRB

446 
WWUS54 KAMA 140134
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
834 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

TXC065-375-140200-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160614T0200Z/
CARSON TX-POTTER TX-
834 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CARSON AND EAST CENTRAL POTTER COUNTIES...
    
AT 834 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
PANHANDLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL CARSON AND EAST CENTRAL POTTER COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3539 10175 3553 10164 3552 10153 3549 10150
      3534 10156 3536 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 297DEG 14KT 3542 10161 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRB

763 
WWUS54 KAMA 140147
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
847 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

TXC065-375-140157-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160614T0200Z/
CARSON TX-POTTER TX-
847 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CARSON AND EAST CENTRAL
POTTER 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR THE PANHANDLE
OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3539 10175 3553 10164 3552 10153 3549 10150
      3534 10156 3536 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 192DEG 8KT 3545 10160 

$$

BRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	29 min
Jun 13, 7:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter	3 hr
Jun 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter	25 min
Jun 13, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Moore	23 min
Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Potter	48 min
Jun 13, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	24 min
Jun 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	82 min
Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	39 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter, Randall	29 min
Jun 13, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	45 min
Jun 13, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	45 min
Jun 13, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray, Roberts	42 min
Jun 13, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Roberts	37 min
Jun 13, 10:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Randall	3 hr
Jun 13, 10:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Armstrong	3 hr
Jun 13, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Wheeler	35 min
Jun 13, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	34 min
Jun 13, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Hemphill, Wheeler	64 min
Jun 14, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	54 min
Jun 14, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore	39 min
Jun 14, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter, Sherman	52 min
Jun 14, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	62 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.