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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 2, 1993Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1993, 8:36 PM CDT for Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1993, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Ochiltree County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford54 min
Aug 2, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Roberts43 min
Aug 2, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill53 min
Aug 2, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Roberts43 min
Aug 2, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson59 min
Aug 2, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Wheeler66 min
Aug 2, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong57 min
Aug 2, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas62 min
Aug 2, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas46 min

Nearby

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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.