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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 2, 1995Castro County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1995, 11:56 PM CDT for Castro County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 1995, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Castro County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 1995-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
2923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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
Apr 3, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASwisher54 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.