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2015 [KAMA] AMARILLO Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 41

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263 
WFUS54 KAMA 170120 RRA
TORAMA
OKC007-170215-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0041.151117T0120Z-151117T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
720 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 720 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER ELMWOOD...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF BEAVER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
           HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEAVER...GATE AND KNOWLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3689 10000 3656 10039 3668 10061 3700 10042
      3700 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 211DEG 37KT 3662 10051 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

SIMPSON
956 
WWUS54 KAMA 170212
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
812 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

OKC007-170222-
/O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-151117T0215Z/
BEAVER OK-
812 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815
PM CST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3689 10000 3656 10039 3668 10061 3700 10042
      3700 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 211DEG 37KT 3662 10051 

$$

SIMPSON
Permalink to 201511170120-KAMA-WFUS54-TORAMA-RRA
263 
WFUS54 KAMA 170120 RRA
TORAMA
OKC007-170215-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0041.151117T0120Z-151117T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
720 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 720 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER ELMWOOD...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF BEAVER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
           HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEAVER...GATE AND KNOWLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3689 10000 3656 10039 3668 10061 3700 10042
      3700 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 211DEG 37KT 3662 10051 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

SIMPSON
Permalink to 201511170212-KAMA-WWUS54-SVSAMA
956 
WWUS54 KAMA 170212
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
812 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

OKC007-170222-
/O.EXP.KAMA.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-151117T0215Z/
BEAVER OK-
812 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815
PM CST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3689 10000 3656 10039 3668 10061 3700 10042
      3700 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 211DEG 37KT 3662 10051 

$$

SIMPSON

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