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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 16, 2016Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2016, 5:37 PM CDT for Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 16, 2016, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 5:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	17 Sse Texline, TX	GRAIN BEND DAMAGED AND PIVOTS FLIPPED NEAR SH102 AND MCADAMS.
May 16, 5:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	16 S Texline, TX	BASED ON STORM SURVEY - TORNADO START TIME 540 PM CDT / END TIME 542 PM CDT
May 16, 6:06 PM CDT	TORNADO	16 Wnw Dalhart, TX	BASED ON STORM SURVEY - TORNADO START TIME 606 PM CDT / END TIME 607 PM CDT

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

698 
WFUS54 KAMA 162237
TORAMA
TXC111-205-162315-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0009.160516T2237Z-160516T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HARTLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN DALLAM COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 537 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEDAN...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  WARE.

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 3626 10304 3632 10300 3623 10252 3590 10291
      3603 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 301DEG 23KT 3620 10298 

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

$$

CE/BRB

2 follow-up statements

182 
WWUS54 KAMA 162247
SVSAMA

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

TXC111-205-162315-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160516T2315Z/
HARTLEY TX-DALLAM TX-
547 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HARTLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN DALLAM COUNTIES...
        
AT 547 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF WARE...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMISTAD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
WARE.

LAT...LON 3626 10304 3632 10300 3623 10252 3590 10291
      3603 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 301DEG 23KT 3617 10291 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

BRB

518 
WWUS54 KAMA 162303
SVSAMA

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

TXC111-205-162315-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160516T2315Z/
HARTLEY TX-DALLAM TX-
603 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HARTLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN DALLAM COUNTIES...
    
AT 602 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARE...OR 16 MILES WEST OF DALHART...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
WARE.

LAT...LON 3628 10282 3623 10252 3596 10284 3613 10292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 301DEG 23KT 3612 10280 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

BRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	60 min
May 16, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	63 min
May 16, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam	25 min
May 16, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam, Sherman	48 min
May 16, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	67 min
May 16, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Sherman	35 min
May 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	75 min
May 16, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Sherman	3 hr

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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.