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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 28, 2018Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2018, 7:38 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2018, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2018, 8:17 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Texas County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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
May 28, 7:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Goodwell, OK	ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN AND ANOTHER BARN COLLAPSED NEAR GOODWELL, OK.
May 28, 7:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Goodwell, OK	COLLAPSED BARN HIT BY BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN, WHICH ONLY LASTED 1 MINUTE. DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS WIDE BY QUARTER MILE LONG.
May 28, 8:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Guymon, OK

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 28, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 1638 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

445 
WFUS54 KAMA 290038
TORAMA
OKC139-290130-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0002.180529T0038Z-180529T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
738 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Texas County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...

* Until 830 PM CDT
    
* At 737 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Guymon, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Guymon, Hooker, Goodwell, Tyrone, Optima and Hough. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3656 10145 3657 10170 3699 10170 3700 10109
      3700 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 213DEG 32KT 3669 10147 

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

$$

Bieda

3 follow-up statements

736 
WWUS54 KAMA 290055 RRA
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
755 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018

OKC139-290130-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180529T0130Z/
Texas OK-
755 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TEXAS COUNTY...
        
At 755 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles west of Guymon, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters and emergency management are reporting a 
         wall 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...
Guymon, Hooker, Goodwell, Tyrone, Optima and Hough. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3656 10145 3657 10170 3699 10170 3700 10109
      3700 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 210DEG 29KT 3666 10157 

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

$$

Bieda

055 
WWUS54 KAMA 290105
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
805 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018

OKC139-290130-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180529T0130Z/
Texas OK-
805 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TEXAS COUNTY...
    
At 805 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Guymon, moving northeast at 35 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...
Guymon, Hooker, Goodwell, Tyrone, Optima and Hough. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3656 10145 3657 10164 3699 10155 3700 10109
      3700 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 204DEG 29KT 3670 10147 

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

$$

Bieda

047 
WWUS54 KAMA 290117
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
817 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018

OKC139-290126-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180529T0130Z/
Texas OK-
817 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Oklahoma.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
900 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3656 10145 3657 10164 3699 10155 3700 10109
      3700 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 213DEG 32KT 3679 10140 

$$

Bieda

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	59 min
May 28, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	60 min
May 28, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	62 min
May 28, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	61 min
May 28, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	64 min
May 28, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Beaver, Texas	48 min
May 28, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	63 min
May 28, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	36 min
May 28, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	32 min
May 28, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	41 min
May 28, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	56 min
May 29, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	74 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.