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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Amarillo, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
DGWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 45 min |
| May 29, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 48 min |
| May 29, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 55 min |
| May 29, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 54 min |
| May 29, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 64 min |
| May 29, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 27 min |
| May 30, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 56 min |
| May 30, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 42 min |
| May 30, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 26 min |
| May 30, 2:27 PM CDT | Flood Watch | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 17 hr |
| May 30, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 25 min |
| May 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 40 min |
| May 30, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 28 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 61 min |
| May 30, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 55 min |
| May 30, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 51 min |
| May 30, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 21 min |
| May 30, 6:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Cimarron | 4 hr |
| May 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 51 min |
| May 30, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.