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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 16, 2016Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2016, 4:36 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 min. 5 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 16, 2016, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Cimarron County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 16, 4:39 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Felt, OK	TORNADO REPORTED BY SEVERAL STORM CHASERS
May 16, 4:57 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 E Felt, OK	SECOND TORNADO REPORTED BY MULTIPLE STORM CHASERS
May 16, 5:01 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Felt, OK
May 16, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 Ene Felt, OK	CIMARRON COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL. 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING MUDDY ROADS
May 16, 5:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	5 Ene Felt, OK	CIMARRON COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL. 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING MUDDY ROADS

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 16, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

113 
WFUS54 KAMA 162136
TORAMA
OKC025-162200-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0007.160516T2136Z-160516T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
436 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  FELT...OR 20 MILES WEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  FELT.

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 3675 10281 3662 10249 3650 10268 3650 10292
      3659 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 319DEG 13KT 3663 10285 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BRB

2 follow-up statements

115 
WWUS54 KAMA 162146
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
446 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

OKC025-162200-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160516T2200Z/
CIMARRON OK-
446 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY...
        
AT 445 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FELT...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD
AT 444 PM CDT...BUT THE TORNADO THAT OCCURRED EARLIER HAS LIFTED.
THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY TIME. 

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 

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...
FELT.

LAT...LON 3662 10249 3650 10268 3650 10283 3658 10290
      3673 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 319DEG 13KT 3660 10282 

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

$$

CE

282 
WWUS54 KAMA 162200
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
500 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

OKC025-162208-
/O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160516T2200Z/
CIMARRON OK-
500 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 500 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCTING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3662 10249 3650 10268 3650 10283 3658 10290
      3673 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 319DEG 13KT 3660 10282 

$$

CE/BRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	53 min
May 16, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	64 min
May 16, 4:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	3 hr
May 16, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	63 min
May 16, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	25 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.