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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1994, 7:22 AM CDT for Armstrong County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1994, 7:22 AM CDT (12:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1994, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Armstrong County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAMA 101223 RRA SVRAMA TXC011-101330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 722 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...ARMSTRONG COUNTY AT 722 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CONWAY IN SOUTHERN CARSON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE TOWNS OF WASHBURN AND CLAUDE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>026-101800- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 515 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KENTON OKLAHOMA TO DALHART...BOYS RANCH...CANYON...AND PLAINVIEW TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT EASTERN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MID-MORNING. UPSLOPE EASTERLY WINDS...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERITY OF THE STORMS. THIS MORNING'S STORMS WILL LIKELY LEAVE MANY WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES TO HELP FOCUS REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST ALOFT WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES FOR LONG LASTING SEVERE STORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE PANHANDLES SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 1PM CDT. TG
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>026-101800- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 515 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KENTON OKLAHOMA TO DALHART...BOYS RANCH...CANYON...AND PLAINVIEW TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT EASTERN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MID-MORNING. UPSLOPE EASTERLY WINDS...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERITY OF THE STORMS. THIS MORNING'S STORMS WILL LIKELY LEAVE MANY WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES TO HELP FOCUS REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST ALOFT WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES FOR LONG LASTING SEVERE STORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE PANHANDLES SHOULD BE 6READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 1PM CDT. TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Potter | 69 min |
| Jun 10, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 56 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.