Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1997, 7:18 PM CST for Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 2, 1997, 7:18 PM CST (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 1997, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gray County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:35 PM CST | Hail 1 | Alanreed, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAMA 030122 RRA SVRAMA TXC179-030215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 718 PM CST WED APR 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ...SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY AT 7:15 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH...5 MILES WEST OF MCLEAN. ONE INCH HAIL HAS OCCURRED IN THIS STORM ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY...AVOID USING TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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 Apr 2, 3:40 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:40 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CST WED APR 2 1997 CDFNT HAS MOVD THRU WRN 2/3 OF AREA. MTD H5 SWLY FLOW WL CONT...AND AS H5 GRADIENT TIGHTENS...CONTD SEWD MOVMT OF CDFNT EXPCD. AMS VERY UNSTABLE AND WITH MSTR FLUX CNVGNC AHD OF FNT ANTICPATE CNVTN OVR SERN ZNS. WL FCST CATEGORICAL OR LIKELY POPS 1ST PD...WITH SOME SVR ...AND HVY RAIN PSBL. POSN OF FNT WL BE SOMEWHERE SW-NE ACRS AR EA ON THU...SO HAVE HIR POPS THRU A DIAGONAL CORRIDOR. H8-H7 MOIST SLY FLOW TO CONT THRU THU AND THU NGT...SO POPS INCLUDED IN LATER PDS AS WELL. 03 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. COCKRELL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:41 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
641 PM CST WED APR 2 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
2:22 PM BORGER TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/02/97 HUTCHENSON COVERING ROADS IN TOWN
REPORTED BY EOC
2:45 PM 5 SE BORGER TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 HUTCHENSON HAIL COVERED HIGHWAY 1059
FOR 2 MILES
3:17 PM 7 N PAMPA TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL OCCURRED
04/02/97 HEMPHILL AT FM 282 AND HIGHWAY 70
REPORTED BY ROBERTS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
3:17 PM 5 W MIAMI TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS REPORTED BY ROBERTS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
3:45 PM 4 W MIAMI TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS HAIL 1 INCH DEEP REPORTED
BY ARES SPOTTER
3:54 PM 4 E AMARILLO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 POTTER NEAR THE WASHBURN EXIT US
287 AND I-40 REPORTED BY
KFDA
4:05 PM 2 E MIAMI TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS HAIL 3 TO 5 INCHES DEEP ON
HIGHWAY 60 REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
4:25 PM 2 S CANADIAN TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 HEMPHILL AT INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAYS 60 & 83 REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
6:16 PM 2 S ALANREED TX GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
04/02/97 GRAY REPORTED BY GRAY CO
SHERIFFS OFFICE
6:16 PM ALANREED TX DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
04/02/97 DONLEY BY GRAY COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
6:16 PM 2 S HEREFORD TX DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
04/02/97 DEAF SMITH HIGHWAY 385 1/2 MILE NORTH
OF COUNTY LINE
WYNNELocal storm report, Apr 2, 6:42 PM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
641 PM CST WED APR 2 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
2:22 PM BORGER TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/02/97 HUTCHENSON COVERING ROADS IN TOWN
REPORTED BY EOC
2:45 PM 5 SE BORGER TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 HUTCHENSON HAIL COVERED HIGHWAY 1059
FOR 2 MILES
3:17 PM 7 N PAMPA TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL OCCURRED
04/02/97 HEMPHILL AT FM 282 AND HIGHWAY 70
REPORTED BY ROBERTS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
3:17 PM 5 W MIAMI TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS REPORTED BY ROBERTS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
3:45 PM 4 W MIAMI TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS HAIL 1 INCH DEEP REPORTED
BY ARES SPOTTER
3:54 PM 4 E AMARILLO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 POTTER NEAR THE WASHBURN EXIT US
287 AND I-40 REPORTED BY
KFDA
4:05 PM 2 E MIAMI TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS HAIL 3 TO 5 INCHES DEEP ON
HIGHWAY 60 REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
4:25 PM 2 S CANADIAN TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 HEMPHILL AT INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAYS 60 & 83 REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
6:16 PM 2 S ALANREED TX GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
04/02/97 GRAY REPORTED BY GRAY CO
SHERIFFS OFFICE
6:16 PM ALANREED TX DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
04/02/97 DONLEY BY GRAY COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
6:16 PM 2 S HEREFORD TX DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
04/02/97 DEAF SMITH HIGHWAY 385 1/2 MILE NORTzH
OF COUNTY LINE
WYNNELocal storm report, Apr 2, 6:52 PM CST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
652 PM CST WED APR 2 1997
...CORRECTION FOR COUNTY IN 3RD EVENT...
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
2:22 PM BORGER TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/02/97 HUTCHINSON COVERING ROADS IN TOWN
REPORTED BY EOC
2:45 PM 5 SE BORGER TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 HUTCHINSON HAIL COVERED HIGHWAY 1059
FOR 2 MILES
3:17 PM PAMPA TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL OCCURRED
04/02/97 GRAY AT FM 282 AND HIGHWAY 70
REPORTED BY ROBERTS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
3:17 PM 5 W MIAMI TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS REPORTED BY ROBERTS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
3:45 PM 4 W MIAMI TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS HAIL 1 INCH DEEP REPORTED
BY ARES SPOTTER
3:54 PM 4 E AMARILLO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 POTTER NEAR THE WASHBURN EXIT US
287 AND I-40 REPORTED BY
KFDA
4:05 PM 2 E MIAMI TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS HAIL 3 TO 5 INCHES DEEP ON
HIGHWAY 60 REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
4:25 PM 2 S CANADIAN TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 HEMPHILL AT INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAYS 60 & 83 REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
6:16 PM 2 S ALANREED TX GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
04/02/97 GRAY REPORTED BY GRAY CO
SHERIFFS OFFICE
6:16 PM ALANREED TX DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
04/02/97 DONLEY BY GRAY COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
6:16 PM 2 S HEREFORD TX DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
04/02/97 DEAF SMITH HIGHWAY 385 1/2 MILE NORTH
OF COUNTY LINE
WYNNELocal storm report, Apr 2, 6:58 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
652 PM CST WED APR 2 1997
...CORRECTION FOR COUNTY IN 3RD EVENT...
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
2:22 PM BORGER TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/02/97 HUTCHINSON COVERING ROADS IN TOWN
REPORTED BY EOC
2:45 PM 5 SE BORGER TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 HUTCHINSON HAIL COVERED HIGHWAY 1059
FOR 2 MILES
3:17 PM PAMPA TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL OCCURRED
04/02/97 GRAY AT FM 282 AND HIGHWAY 70
REPORTED BY ROBERTS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
3:17 PM 5 W MIAMI TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS REPORTED BY ROBERTS COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
3:45 PM 4 W MIAMI TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS HAIL 1 INCH DEEP REPORTED
BY ARES SPOTTER
3:54 PM 4 E AMARILLO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 POTTER NEAR THE WASHBURN EXIT US
287 AND I-40 REPORTED BY
KFDA
4:05 PM 2 E MIAMI TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 ROBERTS HAIL 3 TO 5 INCHES DEEP ON
HIGHWAY 60 REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
4:25 PM 2 S CANADIAN TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97 HEMPHILL AT INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAYS 60 & 83 REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
6:16 PM 2 S ALANREED TX GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
04/02/97 GRAY REPORTED BY GRAY CO
SHERIFFS OFFICE
6:16 PM ALANREED TX DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
04/02/97 DONLEY BY GRAY COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
6:16 PM 2 S HEREFORD TX DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
04H/02/97 DEAF SMITH HIGHWAY 385 1/2 MILE NORTH
OF COUNTY LINE
WYNNESpecial weather statement, Apr 2, 7:05 PM CST, 13 minutes before
OKZ003-TXZ001>020-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 705 PM CST WED APR 02 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 129 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...BEAVER...IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...DALLAM...HARTLEY...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...OCHILTREE ...AND LIPSCOMB. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED IN THIS AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 129 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR RADIO...TELEVISION...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR LATER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO. ANDRADE
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:07 PM CST, 11 minutes before
OKZ003-TXZ001>020-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 705 PM CST WED APR 02 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 129 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...BEAVER...IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...DALLAM...HARTLEY...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...OCHILTREE ...AND LIPSCOMB. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED IN THIS AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 129 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR RADIO...TELEVISION...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR LATER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO. ANDRADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 7:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Gray | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 8:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 8:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 9:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Donley | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 6 hr |
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.