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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 30, 2021Carson County, Gray County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2021, 10:38 PM CDT for Carson County, Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Carson County, TX, Gray County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
May 30, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 436 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

307 
WFUS54 KAMA 310338
TORAMA
TXC065-179-310430-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0038.210531T0338Z-210531T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1038 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Carson County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  West central Gray County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 1130 PM CDT.
    
* At 1038 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 4 miles north of Groom, or 15 miles east of
  Panhandle, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
  Groom and Kingsmill. 

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 3520 10111 3524 10123 3552 10112 3540 10080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 207DEG 20KT 3527 10112 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

DGW

2 follow-up statements

205 
WWUS54 KAMA 310355
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1055 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

TXC065-179-310430-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210531T0430Z/
Carson TX-Gray TX-
1055 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CARSON AND WEST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES...
    
At 1055 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of White Deer, or 14 miles southwest of
Pampa, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Kingsmill.

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 3525 10107 3531 10116 3552 10112 3540 10080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 207DEG 20KT 3536 10107 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

DGW

752 
WWUS54 KAMA 310400
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1100 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

TXC065-179-310410-
/O.CAN.KAMA.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210531T0430Z/
Carson TX-Gray TX-
1100 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CARSON AND WEST CENTRAL GRAY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Texas.

LAT...LON 3525 10107 3531 10116 3552 10112 3540 10080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 207DEG 20KT 3539 10105 

$$

DGW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter	68 min
May 30, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Sherman	46 min
May 30, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Sherman	59 min
May 30, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	46 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Sherman	4 hr
May 30, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, Sherman	58 min
May 30, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore, Potter	41 min
May 30, 9:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	3 hr
May 30, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree, Roberts	44 min
May 30, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson, Potter	36 min
May 30, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree, Roberts	46 min
May 30, 10:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter	3 hr
May 30, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall	63 min
May 30, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson	60 min
May 30, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	25 min
May 30, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb	67 min
May 30, 10:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall	4 hr
May 30, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	28 min
May 31, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	27 min
May 31, 12:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts	3 hr
May 31, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	32 min
May 31, 12:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Randall	12 min
May 31, 12:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Randall	3 hr
May 31, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	58 min
May 31, 1:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Randall and 1 more	3 hr
May 31, 1:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Donley, Gray	3 hr
May 31, 2:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	3 hr

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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.