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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 17, 1993Hall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1993, 5:47 PM CDT for Hall County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 17, 1993, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hall County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 12:00Z on 1993-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 1993-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-251 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAParmer63 min
May 17, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter49 min
May 17, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAChildress58 min
May 17, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth45 min
May 17, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray63 min
May 17, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas58 min
May 17, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas63 min
May 17, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver56 min
May 17, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.