Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

May 24, 1997, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)

Expired

May 24, 1997, 7:50 PM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS1 KAMA 242348 RRA
SVRAMA
TXC065-233-250050-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
647 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 750 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

   ...SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY
   ...CARSON COUNTY
 
AT 647 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY AMARILLO
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BORGER OR
6 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FRITCH MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
FRITCH                          BY 700 PM CDT
SANFORD                         BY 715 PM CDT
BORGER                          BY 730 PM CDT
STINNETT                        BY 740 PM CDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

FPUS3 KAMA 241953
AFDAMA

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
255 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1997

SURFACE TROUGH IS FOUND ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO INTO EASTERN NEW
MEXICO.  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF TROUGH...WHICH
ARE NOW PUSHING INTO THE PANHANDLES.  SHORT WAVE OVER NORTHERN
ARIZONA WILL LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT.  PLENTY OF MOISTURE IS
FOUND AT THE SURFACE AND A SUBTROPICAL PLUME CONTINUES NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE PANHANDLES FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC.  THE NORTHEAST TEXAS
PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE LOOK TO BE IN THE BEST
SPOT FOR HEAVY POSSIBLY FLOODING RAINS.  THESE AREAS ARE ALREADY
SOAKED FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS SO...WE WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR TONIGHT.

THE AVN MODEL LOOKS BEST FOR US THROUGH 48 HOURS.  TEMPERATURES MAY
BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN GUIDANCE SUNDAY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST IF
SOME RAIN-COOLED AIR SINKS INTO THIS ARE FROM THE EXPECTED KANSAS
MCS.  LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
EAST IN THE MORNING SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES MAY A LITTLE WARMER THAN GUIDANCE ON MEMORIAL DAY AS
THE AREA GETS DRY-SLOTTED AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ONTO THE PLAINS.

IN THE EXTENDED...WE WILL INSERT POPS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF RETURN FLOW.

THANK YOU FOR THE COORDINATION DDC...LBB AND OKC.

A FEW NUMBERS TO PONDER:

DHT 50/83 49/86 48 5231
AMA 56/84 54/85 53 5131
BVR 57/80 55/83 52 6243

.TX...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 12Z SUN ZONES 004-005-009-010.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 12Z SUN ZONE 003.

GOEHRING

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.