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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 20, 1995Oldham County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1995, 9:51 PM CDT for Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 1995, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Oldham County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 357 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 632 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
632 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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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.