Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2000, 11:40 PM CDT for Dallam County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2000, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2000, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Dallam County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Texline, TX | |
| Jun 25, 11:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Texline, 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 nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 762 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 260441 SVRAMA TXC111-260545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1140 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DALLAM COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... WARE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3648 10302 3609 10282 3637 10219 3648 10242
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 Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDT, 8 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDT, 8 hours 25 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000 FIRST PERIOD OF FORECAST CONTAINS QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY. FIRST PERIOD IS REALLY SPLIT INTO TWO TIME PERIODS. PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT...AIRMASS OVER FORECAST AREA PLENTY JUICY...BUT AGAIN DECENT CAP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA EXCEPT FOR EASTERN SECTIONS. WILL LIKELY WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE FOR INITIAL POPS. MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE...MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH FRONT PUSHING INTO OK PANHANDLE. ETA AND NGM SPEED IT UP A LITTLE AND PUSH IT THROUGH THE PANHANDLES BY 12Z. AVN IS SLOWER. HOWEVER...WITH STRONG TSTM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN KANSAS TONIGHT...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE FRONT SWEEP IN AS ADVERTISED IN THE ETA/NGM SOLUTION. WILL INDICATE GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. OTHER PROBLEM TO CONSIDER IS FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. HEAVY RAINFALL PAST 48 HOURS OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. A CHECK WITH OFFICIALS HERE INDICATE HIGHLY SATURATED SOILS AND SWOLLEN CREEKS. WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR COUNTIES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PANHANDLE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY WITH PROSPECTS OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE...STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS ON MONDAY AND CONTINUES INTO TUESDAY. CLOUDY AND COOLER CONDITIONS A GIVEN... BUT POPS ARE QUESTIONABLE DEPENDING ON SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY AND BOUNDARIES THAT MAY DEVELOP IN THE WARMER AIR TO OUR WEST. BEST CHANCES DEFINITELY CENTRAL AND WEST WITH LEAST PROBABILITIES IN THE NORTHEAST. IN THE EXTENDED WILL CHANGE LITTLE FROM CURRENT FORECAST. MODELS INDICATE BUILDING RIDGE...WARMING TEMPERATURES AND RETURN TO NORTHWEST FLOW WITH SERIES OF WEAK SHORT WAVES. THEREFORE...CHANCES OF ACTIVITY MOVING IN FROM MOUNTAINS AGAIN AND CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. FRIDAY LOOKS MORE INTERESTING...BUT NOTE THE NCEPS PMDEPD AND POTENTIAL CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS WITH MRF. PRELIM NUMBERS... AMA 65/79 61/82 61 443 DHT 61/76 57/80 61 433 .AMA... TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR TXZ002>004. OK...NONE. GARCIA/COBB/DAVIS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 737 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 501. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE: IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: OLDHAM...DEAF SMITH... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 501 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE: CIMARRON...TEXAS...BEAVER... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...OCHILTREE...POTTER...LIPSCOMB... HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...CARSON...GRAY... WHEELER...RANDALL...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH... WOLTuERS
Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
830 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0453 PM 20 N PANHANDLE TX TORNADO
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0459 PM 20 N PANHANDLE TX TORNADO
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0503 PM 4 S BORGER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0512 PM 5 S BORGER TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0512 PM 22 N PANHANDLE TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0512 PM 22 N PANHANDLE TX 75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0512 PM 5 S BORGER TX 75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/25/00 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0523 PM 1 W PANHANDLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0523 PM 1 W SKELLYTOWN TX TORNADO
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0530 PM 6 W WHITE DEER TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0611 PM WHITE DEER TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0615 PM CONWAY TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0615 PM CONWAY TX 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0615 PM WHITE DEER TX 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 CARSON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0629 PM 10 ESE CLAUDE TX 1 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 ARMSTRONG REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0654 PM CLAUDE TX 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/25/00 ARMSTRONG REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0656 PM 10 ENE CLAUDE TX .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 ARMSTRONG REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0715 PM 28 N DALHART TX WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00 DALLAM REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN.
ROOF DAMAGE. 5-6 POWER
POLES BROKE OFF AT GROUND
LEVEL.
0720 PM 1 S ASHTOLA TX .88 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 DONLEY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0726 PM 1 NW ASHTOLA TX 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 DONLEY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0731 PM CLARENDON TX .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 DONLEY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.