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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 30, 2021Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2021, 5:49 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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 30, 2021, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County Cimarron County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-307 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

335 
WFUS54 KAMA 302249
TORAMA
OKC025-302330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0030.210530T2249Z-210530T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
549 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Western Cimarron County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 549 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Wheeless, or 20 miles west of Boise City, moving
  east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel 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...
  Black Mesa Park and Wheeless. 

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 3699 10251 3661 10257 3667 10297 3685 10296
      3698 10273 3700 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 271DEG 12KT 3676 10288 

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

$$

DGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:45 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatAMACimarron45 min
May 29, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron48 min
May 29, 9:05 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMACimarron55 min
May 29, 9:51 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatAMACimarron54 min
May 29, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron64 min
May 29, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron27 min
May 30, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron56 min
May 30, 1:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver42 min
May 30, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver26 min
May 30, 2:27 PM CDTFlood WatchAMABeaver, Cimarron, Texas17 hr
May 30, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron25 min
May 30, 4:35 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMACimarron40 min
May 30, 5:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMACimarron28 min
May 30, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron61 min
May 30, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron55 min
May 30, 5:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMACimarron51 min
May 30, 6:14 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMACimarron46 min
May 30, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron21 min
May 30, 6:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMACimarron4 hr
May 30, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron51 min
May 30, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron47 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.