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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2020, 9:09 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 21, 2020, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Lipscomb County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KAMA 220209
TORAMA
TXC295-220245-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0003.200622T0209Z-200622T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
909 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Lipscomb County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 908 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northwest of Lipscomb, moving southeast at 20
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...
Lipscomb.
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 3606 10024 3605 10031 3618 10055 3644 10055
3625 10006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 310DEG 18KT 3629 10043
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LFM2 follow-up statements
491
WWUS54 KAMA 220221
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
921 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
TXC295-220245-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200622T0245Z/
Lipscomb TX-
921 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
LIPSCOMB COUNTY...
At 920 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lipscomb, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Lipscomb.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3606 10024 3605 10031 3622 10053 3640 10045
3625 10006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 306DEG 20KT 3625 10034
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LFM146
WWUS54 KAMA 220237
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
937 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
TXC295-220246-
/O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200622T0245Z/
Lipscomb TX-
937 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
945 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3606 10024 3605 10031 3622 10053 3640 10045
3625 10006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 310DEG 18KT 3620 10027
$$
LFMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 113 min |
| Jun 21, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 85 min |
| Jun 22, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 78 min |
| Jun 22, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 72 min |
| Jun 22, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Oldham | 72 min |
| Jun 22, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Roberts | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 63 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.