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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2017, 5:28 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- Mar 28, 2017, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2017, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Collingsworth County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Quail, TX | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
| Mar 28, 5:57 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Wellington, TX | RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 4 NW WELLINGTON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
309
WFUS54 KAMA 282228
TORAMA
TXC087-282300-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0001.170328T2228Z-170328T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
528 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Collingsworth County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 600 PM CDT
* At 527 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles east of Memphis, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Wellington and Quail.
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 3481 10054 3505 10040 3491 10012 3475 10026
3475 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 210DEG 28KT 3471 10046
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LFMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 11:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 11:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore, Potter | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 11:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 21 min |
| Mar 28, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 1:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 34 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.