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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 11:08 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 11:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lipscomb County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 629 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ014-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 519 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT... THE LARGE TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH PAMPA HAS VACATED GRAY COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLOWED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GRAY COUNTY TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CLARENDON WILL MOVE NORTH INTO GRAY COUNTY DURING THE 5 PM HOUR. MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN GRAY COUNTY AND NEW WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF NECESSARY. REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ADDITIONAL DANGEROUS STORMS. SP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ014-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 519 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT... THE LARGE TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH PAMPA HAS VACATED GRAY COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLOWED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GRAY COUNTY TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CLARENDON WILL MOVE NORTH INTO GRAY COUNTY DURING THE 5 PM HOUR. MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN GRAY COUNTY AND NEW WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF NECESSARY. REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ADDITIONAL DANGEROUS STORMS. SP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Roberts | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.