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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 26, 1998Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1998, 5:07 PM CDT for Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 4 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 26, 1998, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1998, 6:10 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hansford County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 5:08 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Perryton, TX
Jul 26, 5:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Perryton, TXAn awning was reported blown off a building along U.S. Highway 83 North.
Jul 26, 5:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Perryton, TXRoof damage to a vacant building was reported as well as power outages all over town.
Jul 26, 5:47 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Perryton, TXA small storage building was reportedly blown over.

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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1998-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 414 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1998-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
414 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 26, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore63 min
Jul 26, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas63 min
Jul 26, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.