Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1996, 2:29 AM CDT for Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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
- Sep 18, 1996, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 1996, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gray County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2:30 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Mc Lean, TX | |
| Sep 18, 2:47 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Mc Lean, 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 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2692 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
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 Sep 17, 8:19 PM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 8:19 PM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 820 PM CDT TUE SEP 17 1996 TROUGH/CONVERGENCE LINE ASSOCIATED WITH OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO STEADILY PUSH WEST ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. CONVECTION WHICH FIRED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAS INCREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. NOT MUCH CHANGE NEEDED IN THIS EVENING FORECAST EXCEPT TWEAKING OF PRECIP WORDING FROM CONDITIONAL TO AREAL COVERAGE. .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. HOLSENBECK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 18, 12:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1252 AM CDT WED SEP 18 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0639 PM AMARILLO TX 0.75 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 RANDALL
0757 PM TX 1.00 INCH SIZE HAIL
09/17/96 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY COUNTY EOC.
0816 PM BORGER TX 1.00 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY ARES.
0850 PM DUMAS TX 1.00 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
0857 PM SW CORNER TX 1.00 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY EOC.
0925 PM STRATFORD TX 1.00 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 SHERMAN REPORTED BY S. O.
0930 PM MASTERSON TX 1.00 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY EOC.
0930 PM 9.5 SOUTH DUMAS TX 1.75 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY ARES.
0930 PM FOUR WAY TX 1.75 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY ARES.
0937 PM DUMAS TX 0.75 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY ARES.
0952 PM 1 WEST FOUR WAY TX 2.75 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY ARES.
0954 PM 7 EAST DUMAS TX 0.75 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY ARES.
1004 PM 10 EAST DUMAS TX 0.75 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY ARES.
1010 PM 10 NE FOUR WAY TX TORNADO
09/17/96 MOORE REPORTED BY SHERIFF
OFFICE.
1025 PM CLARENDON TX 0.75 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 DONLEY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1035 PM 5 WEST STINNETT TX 0.75 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
1057 PM SKELLYTOWN TX 1.00 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY EOC.
1125 PM EAST OF GROOM TX 1.00 INCH SIZE HAIL.
09/17/96 GRAY REPORTED BY TV STATION.
1142 PM 4 WEST OF PRINGLE TX TORNADO...1.75 INCH
09/17/96 HUTCHINSON SIZE HAIL. REPORTED BY
ARES.
1249 AM 10 SOUTH SPEARMAN TX TORNADO
09/18/96 HANSFORD REPORTED BY ARES.
BILODEAULocal storm report, Sep 18, 1:50 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
200 AM CDT WED SEP 18 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1214 AM 10 S OF SPEARMAN TX HIGHWAY 207 FLOODED.
09/18/96 HANSFORD REPORTED BY ARES.
0110 AM 7 S OF SPEARMAN TX HIGHWAY 207 CLOSED DUE TO
09/18/96 HANSFORD/HUTCHINSON FLOODING FROM 7 MILES
SOUTH OF SPEARMAN TO THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS
207 AND 136 IN HUTCHINSON\
COUNTY TX.
0110 AM JUST SOUTH OF THE TX 0.75 INCH SIZE HAIL
09/18/96 HANSFORD/HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
COUNTY LINE SPOTTERS.
GOEHRINGSpecial weather statement, Sep 18, 2:18 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
OKZ001-TXZ001-006-011-016-180745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 224 AM CDT WED SEP 18 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CIMARRON COUNTY IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND DALLAM...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...AND DEAF SMITH COUNTIES IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE HAS BEEN CANCELED. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS MOVED PAST...BRINGING DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA. GOEHRINNG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 63 min |
| Sep 17, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham, Potter | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 62 min |
| Sep 17, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 64 min |
| Sep 17, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 61 min |
| Sep 18, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 62 min |
| Sep 18, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 66 min |
| Sep 18, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 54 min |
| Sep 18, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hansford | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.