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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 27, 1994Carson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 11:06 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 11:06 PM CDT (04:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1994, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Carson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 1994-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 280408
SVRAMA
TXC065-280500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1106 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
 
   ...CARSON COUNTY
 
AT 1105 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF CARSON COUNTY ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTH OF PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE
HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTH AT 40 MPH.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN
OBSERVED OR IS INDICATED BY RADAR.  PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR PROPERTY.
MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray45 min
Apr 27, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Roberts53 min
Apr 28, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill50 min
Apr 28, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb41 min
Apr 28, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley29 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.