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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2021, 5:14 PM CST for Armstrong County, Donley County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 13, 2021, 5:14 PM CST (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Donley County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 5:39 PM CST | TORNADO | 11 Wsw Clarendon, TX | CONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT 539 PM CST. CURRENTLY ONGOING. NO OTHER INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. |
| Mar 13, 5:42 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Sw Clarendon, TX | CORRECTED FOR TIME ADJUSTED TO CDT. THE TORNADO BEGAN AT 5:42 PM CST. THIS TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM PATH OF 1200 YARDS, A PATH LENGTH OF 13.2 MILES, AND WAS RATED EF2 WITH AN ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEED OF 120 MPH. THE TORNADO LIFTED AT 6:12 PM CST APPROXIMATELY 3 |
| Mar 13, 5:51 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 W Clarendon, TX | CORRECTED FOR TIME ADJUSTED TO CDT. THE TORNADO BEGAN AT 5:51 PM CST. THIS TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 40 YARDS, A PATH LENGTH OF 0.6 MILE, AND WAS RATED EF0 WITH AN ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEED OF 80 MPH. THE TORNADO LIFTED AT 5:52 PM CST APPROXIMATELY 1 |
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 13, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted.
332
WFUS54 KAMA 132314
TORAMA
TXC011-129-140000-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0010.210313T2314Z-210314T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
514 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Armstrong County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Southwestern Donley County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 600 PM CST.
* At 513 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 17 miles west of Brice, or 20 miles north of Silverton,
moving northeast at 30 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Armstrong and southwestern Donley Counties.
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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3475 10130 3479 10135 3504 10107 3488 10080
3475 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 228DEG 22KT 3475 10119
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
Ferguson1 follow-up statement
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WWUS54 KAMA 132339
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
539 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021
TXC011-129-140000-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210314T0000Z/
Armstrong TX-Donley TX-
539 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG AND SOUTHWESTERN DONLEY COUNTIES...
At 538 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles southwest of Clarendon, moving northeast at 25
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Armstrong and southwestern Donley Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3475 10130 3479 10135 3504 10107 3488 10080
3475 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 221DEG 23KT 3486 10107
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
FergusonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 6:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 7:02 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | AMA | Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill and 9 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 7:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 7:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 66 min |
| Mar 12, 7:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 7:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 8:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 9:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Potter, Roberts | 79 min |
| Mar 12, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 7:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 7:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 7:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 8:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 8:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 1:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 1:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 2:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 3:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 3:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Sherman | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 3:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 4:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 4:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 5:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 5:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 47 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.