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230 NOUS44 KAMA 121512 PNSAMA OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-130315- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 912 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/16/15 TORNADO EVENT... .UPDATE...UPDATED TO INCLUDE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR TORNADO WHICH CYCLED AFTER PASSING THROUGH HALLIBURTON. THIS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED ON NOVEMBER 17TH BUT WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF THE REPORT. THIS TORNADO IS INCLUDED AS #12 BELOW. .TORNADO #1: BOOKER/ELMWOOD STORM... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4 MILE MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 11/16/2015 START TIME: 6:44 PM CST START LOCATION: 7 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PERRYTON START LAT/LON: 36.300, -100.763 END DATE: 11/16/2015 END TIME: 6:50 PM CST END LOCATION: 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERRYTON END LAT/LON: 36.342 / -100.723 A BRIEF TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. .TORNADO #2: BOOKER/ELMWOOD STORM... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 98 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 11/16/2015 START TIME: 6:52 PM CST START LOCATION: 7 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PERRYTON START LAT/LON: 36.361 / -100.664 END DATE: 11/16/2015 END TIME: 6:59 PM CST END LOCATION: 11 MILES EAST OF PERRYTON END LAT/LON: 36.427 / -100.600 A BRIEF SECOND TORNADO OCCURRED EAST OF PERRYTON AND CROSSED CR 377 AND CR 24. DAMAGE TO TREES A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND THE ROOF OF A BARN WERE OBSERVED. THREE POWER POLES WERE BROKEN. .TORNADO #3: BOOKER/ELMWOOD STORM... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 86 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 11/16/2015 START TIME: 7:00 PM CST START LOCATION: 2 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BOOKER START LAT/LON: 36.443 / -100.575 END DATE: 11/16/2015 END TIME: 7:08 PM CST END LOCATION: 3 MILES NORTH OF BOOKER END LAT/LON: 36.506 / -100.531 THERE WERE MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS OF THIS TORNADO DEVELOPING BETWEEN CR H AND CR F WEST OF BOOKER. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 15 NEAR CR 28. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND PASSED NORTH OF BOOKER. MULTIPLE POWER FLASHES WERE WITNESSED JUST WEST OF TOWN. TREE AND FENCE DAMAGE WAS FOUND NEAR THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA STATE LINE. .TORNADO #4: BOOKER/ELMWOOD STORM... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4 MILE PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 11/16/2015 START TIME: 7:10 PM CST START LOCATION: 5 MILES SOUTH OF ELMWOOD START LAT/LON: 36.534 / -100.518 END DATE: 11/16/2015 END TIME: 7:18 PM CST END LOCATION: 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELMWOOD END LAT/LON: 36.582 / -100.471 STORM CHASERS PHOTOGRAPHED A BRIEF TORNADO NORTH OF ELMWOOD. LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. .TORNADO #5: SECOND BOOKER STORM... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 11/16/2015 START TIME: 8:59 PM CST START LOCATION: 8 MILES SOUTH OF BOOKER START LAT/LON: 36.322 / -100.543 END DATE: 11/16/2015 END TIME: 9:07 PM CST END LOCATION: 9 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOOKER END LAT/LON: 36.367 / -100.480 A BRIEF TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 23 JUST SOUTH OF KIOWA CREEK. LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED DUE TO LACK OF STRUCTURES IN THE RURAL LOCATION. .TORNADO #6: FIRST PAMPA STORM... RATING: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 35 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 750 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 11/16/2015 START TIME: 6:20 PM CST START LOCATION: 16 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PAMPA START LAT/LON: 35.299 / -101.021 END DATE: 11/16/2015 END TIME: 7:20 PM CST END LOCATION: 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIAMI END LAT/LON: 35.595 / -100.828 THIS LONG TRACK TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE MAINLY TO POWER LINES AND TREES DUE TO ITS RURAL TRACK. SOME TREES WERE DEBARKED AND COMPLETELY DEFOLIATED LEAVING ONLY THE TRUNKS. THE COLLAPSE OF A HIGH TENSION POWER LINE METAL TRUSS TOWER IS THE BASIS FOR THE EF-3 RATING. .TORNADO #7: GROOM STORM... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 11/16/2015 START TIME: 6:42 PM CST START LOCATION: 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GROOM START LAT/LON: 35.253 / -101.158 END DATE: 11/16/2015 END TIME: 6:55 PM CST END LOCATION: 13 MILES NORTH OF GROOM END LAT/LON: 35.382 / -101.080 THIS WAS THE FIRST OF TWO TORNADOES PRODUCED BY THIS SUPERCELL. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS TO A STURDY STEEL CONSTRUCTED OUTBUILDING WHICH WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO A NEARBY HOME INCLUDED BROKEN WINDOWS...REMOVAL OF ROOF DECKING MATERIAL AND UPLIFTING OF THE ROOF. 2 BY 4 PIECES OF WOOD WERE EMBEDDED IN THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE. A LARGE FLAT BED TRUCK WAS MOVED 50 YARDS. .TORNADO #8: SECOND PAMPA STORM... RATING: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 155 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 11 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 11/16/2015 START TIME: 7:06 PM CST START LOCATION: 5 MILES SOUTH OF PAMPA START LAT/LON: 35.457 / -100.966 END DATE: 11/16/2015 END TIME: 7:19 PM CST END LOCATION: 8 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PAMPA END LAT/LON: 35.580 / -100.844 THIS TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY THE SECOND SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM TO IMPACT THE PAMPA AREA AND THE SAME STORM WHICH RESULTED IN THE GROOM TORNADO. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS TO THE HALLIBURTON PLANT JUST EAST OF PAMPA. STURDY COMMERCIAL STEEL FRAMED BUILDINGS AT THE HALLIBURTON PLANT WERE COMPLETELY LEVELED WITH NUMEROUS VEHICLES TOSSED ON TOP OF THE RUBBLE. THIS TORNADO WAS LESS THAN 3 MILES FROM DIRECTLY HITTING THE CITY OF PAMPA. ONE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED SOUTH OF PAMPA. .TORNADO 9 NORTHWEST OF HIGGINS... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 26 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: NOV 16 2015 START TIME: 820 PM CST START LOCATION: 15 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST HIGGINS START LAT/LON: 36.0329 / -100.2721 END DATE: NOV 16 2015 END TIME: 851 PM CST END LOCATION: 15 MILES NORTH OF HIGGINS END LAT/LON: 36.3265 / -100.0005 MUCH OF THE TRACK OF THIS STORM WAS ACROSS FARMLAND WHICH WAS INACCESSIBLE. THEREFORE...TRACK WIDTH AND TORNADO STRENGTH IS BASED ON LOCATIONS WHERE IT CROSSED ROADWAYS. ONE HOME SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE INCLUDED TREES... FENCES...METAL SHEDS AND OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. .TORNADO 10 NEAR LOGAN... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.3 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 550 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: NOV 16 2015 START TIME: 924 PM CST START LOCATION: 5 MILES NE DARROUZETT / TX START LAT/LON: 36.5114 / -100.2813 END DATE: NOV 16 2015 END TIME: 937 PM CST END LOCATION: 6.5 MILES WEST SLAPOUT / OK END LAT/LON: 36.629 / -100.2144 *SURVEY_SUMMARY: NUMEROUS SNAPPED POWER POLES AND TREE TRUCKS LED TO THE EF1 RATING FOR THIS LARGE TORNADO WHICH WAS OVER 500 YEARS WIDE AT ITS PEAK AND PRODUCED A DAMAGE PATH OVER NINE MILES LONG. SEVERAL BARNS AND OUT BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO A FEW FARM HOUSES WHICH DID NOT SUSTAIN A DIRECT HIT FROM THIS LARGE CIRCULATION. ONE RESIDENT REPORTED MOVING INTO THE CELLAR AFTER RECEIVING THE TORNADO WARNING ON HER NOAA WEATHER RADIO. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. .TORNADO #11 SOUTHERN OCHILTREE COUNTY... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 98 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 14.5 MILES MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 70 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: NOV 16 2015 START TIME: 826 PM CST START LOCATION: 22 MILES SSW PERRYTON / OCHILTREE / TX START LAT/LON: 36.0773 / -100.8625 END DATE: NOV 16 2015 END TIME: 851 PM CST END LOCATION: 14.2 MILES SE PERRYTON / OCHILTREE / TX END LAT/LON: 36.2206 / -100.6704 SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO REMAINED IN EXTREMELY RURAL SOUTHERN OCHILTREE COUNTY AND MUCH OF THE TRACK PRODUCED LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE ACROSS OPEN GRASS PRAIRIE AND FARMLAND. THE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ON MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AS IT CROSSED TWO MAJOR ROADWAYS. THE TORNADO DID DAMAGE A FEW FENCES...POWER POLES AND OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT SHEDS ALONG ITS PATH. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. .TORNADO #12 HALLIBURTON TO CODMAN TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 16 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: NOV 16 2015 START TIME: 722 PM CST START LOCATION: 9 MILES ENE PAMPA / GRAY / TX START LAT/LON: 35.5948 / -100.8281 END DATE: NOV 16 2015 END TIME: 744 PM CST END LOCATION: 6 MILES NNW MIAMI / ROBERTS / TX END LAT/LON: 35.7862 / -100.6712 SURVEY_SUMMARY: AFTER PASSING THROUGH HALLIBURTON...THIS TORNADO MOSTLY MOVED ACROSS MOSTLY OPEN COUNTRY. PATH ACTUALLY CROSSED THE PATH OF THE EARLIER POWERFUL TORNADO LESS THAN A HOUR LATER. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SAY WHICH STORM PRODUCED CERTAIN DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH NEAR CODMAN...BUT BOTH WERE DOCUMENTED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY AS BEING LARGE WEDGE TORNADOS FROM EAST OF A PAMPA TO NORTH OF MIAMI. BEING IN VERY RURAL OPEN COUNTRY...DAMAGE WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO TREES AND POWER POLES ALONG THE FEW ROADS IT CROSSED AND MUCH OF THE TRACK WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE. THIS LIMITED THE EF RATING FOR THIS STORM. IT IS UNCLEAR WHICH TORNADO DERAILED A TRAIN NEAR CODMAN. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$