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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 26, 2021Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2021, 7:01 PM CDT for Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. 5 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 26, 2021, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.75 in

Counties Hansford County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 7:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 77	9 Nw Waka, TX	PALO DURO RESERVOIR 1 NW.
May 26, 7:34 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nw Farnsworth, TX	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 4 NW FARNSWORTH. THIS TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 20 YARDS, A 1.3 MILE LONG PATH, THOUGH WAS GIVEN AN EF-UNKNOWN RATING. THE TORNADO STARTED AT 7:34 PM AND LASTED APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES WERE
May 26, 7:34 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nw Farnsworth, TX	THIS TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 20 YARDS, A 0.8 MILE LONG PATH, THOUGH WAS GIVEN AN EF-UNKNOWN RATING. THE TORNADO STARTED AT 7:34 PM AND LASTED APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
May 26, 7:34 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nw Farnsworth, TX	TRAINED SPOTTER, SHERIFFS DEPUTY AND STORM CHASERS ARE ALL REPORTING A TORNADO THAT STARTED AT 7:34 PM.
May 26, 7:45 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	8 N Farnsworth, TX	REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).

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 26, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

752 
WFUS54 KAMA 270001
TORAMA
TXC195-357-270045-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0017.210527T0001Z-210527T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
701 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Hansford County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Northwestern Ochiltree County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 745 PM CDT.
    
* At 700 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles northwest of Waka, or 10 miles north of
  Spearman, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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...
  Waka and Farnsworth. 

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3628 10126 3645 10125 3647 10088 3620 10088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 274DEG 19KT 3634 10117 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

Ward

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson	44 min
May 26, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	57 min
May 26, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	51 min
May 26, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	50 min
May 26, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	38 min
May 26, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	65 min
May 26, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	59 min
May 26, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	39 min
May 26, 8:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	3 hr
May 26, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Deaf Smith, Randall	43 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	35 min
May 26, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	41 min
May 27, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	50 min
May 27, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	43 min
May 27, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	34 min
May 27, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	24 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.