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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 24, 2020Gray County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2020, 5:59 PM CDT for Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2020, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2020, 6:17 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Gray County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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.

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 24, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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: 222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -398 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 468 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

908 
WFUS54 KAMA 242259
TORAMA
TXC179-242345-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0002.200524T2259Z-200524T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
559 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Gray County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 645 PM CDT.
    
* At 558 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Kingsmill, or 7 miles southwest of Pampa, moving
  northeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Pampa and Kingsmill. 

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 3547 10109 3552 10109 3561 10108 3554 10094
      3548 10095 3543 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 222DEG 7KT 3548 10107 

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

$$

Guerrero

2 follow-up statements

087 
WWUS54 KAMA 242312
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
612 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020

TXC179-242345-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200524T2345Z/
Gray TX-
612 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY...
    
At 612 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of Pampa, moving northeast at 15 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...
Pampa.

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 3545 10102 3550 10106 3556 10100 3556 10098
      3554 10094 3548 10095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 244DEG 15KT 3549 10098 

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

$$

Guerrero

695 
WWUS54 KAMA 242317
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
617 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020

TXC179-242326-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200524T2345Z/
Gray TX-
617 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY 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.  However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
northwest portions of Gray County. 

LAT...LON 3545 10102 3550 10106 3556 10100 3556 10098
      3554 10094 3548 10095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 222DEG 7KT 3550 10097 

$$

Guerrero

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Donley	29 min
May 23, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	47 min
May 23, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler	44 min
May 23, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill, Wheeler	27 min
May 23, 7:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Donley	3 hr
May 23, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	42 min
May 24, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	42 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Roberts	55 min
May 24, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	64 min
May 24, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	58 min
May 24, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	38 min
May 24, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	40 min
May 24, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	79 min
May 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	66 min
May 24, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	33 min
May 24, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray, Roberts	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.