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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 7:26 PM CDT for Carson County, Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 14, 1997, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:44 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Borger, TX | |
| Jul 14, 7:44 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Skellytown, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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 Jul 14, 3:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 305 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997 COOLER MIDLVLS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS WILL SET UP GOOD LAPSE RATES ALONG WITH AN AMPLE SUPPLY OF MOISTURE. WILL INCLUDE CHANCE OF EVENING SHOWERS IN EASTERN SECTIONS. RIDGING IS IN PROGRESS TO THE WEST AND WILL EXTEND OVER THE PNHDLS THROUGH THE EARLY WEEK. WILL EDGE TEMPS UPWARD AS ATMOSPHERE HEATS UP. THE PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW THROUGH MIDWEEK. NO BIG CHANGES PLANNED TO CURRENT EXTENDED. THE THING TO WATCH SEEMS TO BE THE TROPICAL SYSTEM FORMING ON THE COAST OF MEXICO WHICH IS SET TO MOVE NW. SOME ENTRAINMENT OF MOSTURE FROM THIS SYSTEM COU:LD RAISE THE PROSPECTS FOR PRECIP LATER IN THE WEEK. .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. WYNNE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 14, 5:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
512 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM 3 SE HARDESTY OK 1 INCH HAIL
07/14/97 TEXAS REPORTED BY KGYN RADIO
0503 PM 7 W PERRYTON TX .88 INCH HAIL
07/14/97 OCHILTREE REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICELocal storm report, Jul 14, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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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.