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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2021, 6:54 PM CDT for Dallam County, Sherman County, Texas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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 30, 2021, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:31 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ese Stratford, TX | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A TORNADO WITH PICTURES AND LIVE STREAM. START TIME WAS 7:31 PM, LIFTED AT 7:38 PM. |
| May 30, 7:41 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Ese Stratford, TX |
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 30, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
420
WFUS54 KAMA 302354
TORAMA
OKC025-TXC111-421-310045-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0034.210530T2354Z-210531T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
654 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Cimarron County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...
Northwestern Sherman County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Northeastern Dallam County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 654 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles west of Stratford, moving east at 15 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Stratford.
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 3661 10221 3652 10207 3650 10203 3647 10200
3632 10187 3625 10225 3640 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 264DEG 19KT 3636 10218
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DGW3 follow-up statements
163
WWUS54 KAMA 310000
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
700 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021
OKC025-TXC111-421-310045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210531T0045Z/
Cimarron OK-Sherman TX-Dallam TX-
700 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CIMARRON...NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN AND NORTHEASTERN DALLAM
COUNTIES...
At 700 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Stratford, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a rotating wall cloud.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Stratford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3661 10221 3652 10207 3650 10203 3647 10200
3632 10187 3625 10225 3640 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 264DEG 19KT 3636 10214
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DGW179
WWUS54 KAMA 310012
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
712 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021
OKC025-TXC111-421-310045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210531T0045Z/
Cimarron OK-Sherman TX-Dallam TX-
712 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CIMARRON...NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN AND NORTHEASTERN DALLAM
COUNTIES...
At 710 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Stratford, moving east at 20 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.
Locations impacted include...
Stratford.
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 3652 10207 3650 10203 3647 10200 3632 10187
3626 10219 3648 10231 3661 10221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 264DEG 19KT 3637 10207
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DGW411
WWUS54 KAMA 310023
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
723 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021
OKC025-TXC111-310032-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210531T0045Z/
Cimarron OK-Dallam TX-
723 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CIMARRON AND NORTHEASTERN
DALLAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3632 10187 3627 10216 3633 10216 3639 10214
3646 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 264DEG 19KT 3638 10199
$$
TXC421-310045-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210531T0045Z/
Sherman TX-
723 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY...
At 722 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles northeast of Stratford, moving east at 20 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.
Locations impacted include...
Stratford.
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 3632 10187 3627 10216 3633 10216 3639 10214
3646 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 264DEG 19KT 3638 10199
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 30, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 56 min |
| May 30, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 64 min |
| May 30, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 16 min |
| May 30, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 30 min |
| May 30, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 24 min |
| May 30, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 66 min |
| May 30, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore, Sherman | 62 min |
| May 30, 2:27 PM CDT | Flood Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 17 hr |
| May 30, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 34 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 61 min |
| May 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 52 min |
| May 30, 6:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam | 4 hr |
| 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, 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, 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, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 55 min |
| May 30, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 51 min |
| May 30, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 41 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, 6:58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.