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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1996, 5:57 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- May 31, 1996, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:11 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Panhandle, TX | |
| May 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Panhandle, 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 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 31, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 1996 AMS OVR PNHDLS RMNS PRIMED FOR CNVTN WITH RICH DEEP MSTR IN PLACE. AS DRYLN MOVS THRU WRN ZNS BFR SS...XPC SCT TRW TO DVLP. ISOLD TRW HAS ALREADY DVLPD OVR NWRN CORNER OF FCST AREA...ALG SFC TROF AHD OF DRYLN. STILL XCPG SVR TSTMS TNGT DUE TO INCRG INSTBY. PAC CDFNT PROGD TO MOV INTO NRN SXNS TNGT...AND AS SFC LOW OVR SERN NM MOVS TO S PLAINS BY 12Z SAT...ELY LOW-LVL FLOW WL CONT MSTR FEED INTO PNHDLS. THUS WE WL CARRY LOW POPS ALL ZNS FOR SAT. ATMOS WL DRY OUT SAT NGT AND NO POPS SAT NGT THRU TUE AS H5 RDG BUILDS OVR SWRN U.S. BY WED H5 FLOW BCMS DIFFLUENT AND NEW SFC BNDRRY XPCD TO BE OVR AREA...SO SLGT CHC TRW ON WED. 03 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. COCKRELL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-010600- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1227 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 1996 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF THE PANHANDLES. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GUYMON OKLAHOMA TO AMARILLO TEXAS. A LOW LEVEL MOIST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH SURFACE HEATING THIS AFTERNOON AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. A DRYLINE WILL ALSO PROVIDE LIFT FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE WIND PROFILE WILL ALSO BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT AS THE DAY WEARS ON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND SPOTTERS WILL WANT TO REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GOEHRING
Local storm report, May 31, 5:01 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
500 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0438 PM VEGA TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 OLDHAM REPORTED BY LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA
0440 PM 20 N HEREFORD TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 DEAF SMITH REPORTED BY DEAF SMITH
COUNTY EOC
0442 PM 9 N HEREFORD TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 DEAF SMITH REPORTED BY DEAF SMITH
COUNTY EOCLocal storm report, May 31, 5:38 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
538 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0438 PM VEGA TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 OLDHAM REPORTED BY LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA
0440 PM 20 N HEREFORD TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 DEAF SMITH REPORTED BY DEAF SMITH
COUNTY EOC
0442 PM 9 N HEREFORD TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/31/96 DEAF SMITH REPORTED BY DEAF SMITH
COUNTY EOC
0528 PM 5 N BOYS RANCH TX 1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
05/31/96 OLDHAM REPORTED BY ARES STORM
SPOTTE@RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 69 min |
| May 30, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 62 min |
| May 30, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 55 min |
| May 31, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 58 min |
| May 31, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 61 min |
| May 31, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 50 min |
| May 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore | 59 min |
| May 31, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 68 min |
| May 31, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 68 min |
| May 31, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.