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NWS issues tornado warning for Cimarron and Texas counties, Okla.
The National Weather Service in Amarillo issued a tornado warning late Sunday for northeastern Cimarron and northwestern Texas counties in Oklahoma after radar showed rotation northeast of Keyes.
Primary source: api.weather.gov
The National Weather Service in Amarillo issued a tornado warning at 11:18 p.m. CST Sunday for northeastern Cimarron County and northwestern Texas County in the Oklahoma Panhandle, in effect until 11:45 p.m. CST1.
The service said a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was 10 miles northeast of Keyes, or 25 miles northeast of Boise City, moving northeast at 55 mph1. The listed hazard was a tornado, based on radar-indicated rotation, not a confirmed sighting1. Locations named in the warning included Sturgis1. The alert was rated Extreme, with Immediate urgency and Observed certainty1.
NWS told people to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building, away from windows, and said those outdoors, in mobile homes or in vehicles should seek substantial shelter from flying debris1. The alert said tornadoes are hard to observe at night and urged people to take cover1.
KOCO 5 in Oklahoma City, in a forecast posted before the warning, described a Sunday-evening marginal risk in northwestern Oklahoma, including the Panhandle, and a broader tornado, hail and wind threat for much of Oklahoma on Monday2. That report did not mention the 11:18 p.m. warning2.
The warning was scheduled to expire at 11:45 p.m. CST1. Whether a tornado touched down, and whether there was damage, was not established in the alert text1.
