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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2024, 5:38 PM CDT for Dallam County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 28, 2024, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2024, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Dallam County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 10 S Texline, TX | Corrects previous hail report from 10 S Texline. Timed based on radar. |
| May 28, 6:18 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 10 S Texline, 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 28, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
796
WFUS54 KAMA 282238
TORAMA
TXC111-282315-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0013.240528T2238Z-240528T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
538 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Dallam County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 538 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Sedan, or 18 miles southeast of
Clayton, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Dallam County.
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 3630 10304 3632 10303 3626 10267 3605 10288
3606 10294 3612 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 298DEG 25KT 3622 10300
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
$$
Ward2 follow-up statements
018
WWUS54 KAMA 282247
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
547 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
TXC111-282315-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240528T2315Z/
Dallam TX-
547 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DALLAM COUNTY...
At 547 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Sedan, or 20 miles southeast of
Clayton, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Dallam County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3630 10304 3632 10303 3626 10267 3605 10288
3606 10294 3612 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 311DEG 14KT 3620 10298
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75IN
$$
Ward861
WWUS54 KAMA 282307
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
607 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
TXC111-282316-
/O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240528T2315Z/
Dallam TX-
607 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DALLAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Amarillo.
&&
LAT...LON 3630 10304 3632 10303 3626 10267 3605 10288
3606 10294 3612 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 298DEG 25KT 3614 10285
$$
WardThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 24 min |
| May 28, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 25 min |
| May 28, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 55 min |
| May 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 65 min |
| May 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 65 min |
| May 28, 4:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 36 min |
| May 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Deaf Smith, Potter, Randall | 55 min |
| May 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 59 min |
| May 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 63 min |
| May 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Oldham | 115 min |
| May 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 3 hr |
| May 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 60 min |
| May 28, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 35 min |
| May 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 23 min |
| May 28, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hansford, Sherman | 65 min |
| May 28, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 39 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.