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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 24, 1996Hutchinson County, Moore County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 2:23 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Moore County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1996, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 2:50 PM CDTHail 1Stinnett, TX
May 24, 2:52 PM CDTHail 0.75Lake Meredith, TX
May 24, 2:56 PM CDTHail 0.75Dumas, TX
May 24, 2:56 PM CDTHail 0.88Dumas, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 12:00Z on 1996-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1159 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1996-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 24, 10:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-252130-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1243 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996

THERE IS A RISK OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL OF THE
PANHANDLES AND SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR
THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

A NEARLY STATIONARY COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM BUFFALO OKLAHOMA
TO BORGER TO JUST SOUTH OF TUCUMCARI. A DRYLINE EXTENDS FROM THE
COLD FRONT...JUST SOUTHWEST OF AMARILLO...TO JUST EAST OF HOBBS
NEW MEXICO. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE SOUTH OF THE
FRONT AND WEST OF THE DRYLINE WILL TRIGGER WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
MAY QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING VERY STRONG
OUTFLOW WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVEN^ING.

ZEIGLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree57 min
May 24, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson36 min
May 24, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree38 min
May 24, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley28 min
May 24, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson60 min
May 24, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree53 min
May 24, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman57 min
May 24, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson60 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts62 min
May 24, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson63 min
May 24, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson53 min
May 24, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree, Roberts62 min
May 24, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson63 min
May 24, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson60 min
May 24, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.