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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2000, 2:54 AM CDT for Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2000, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2000, 3:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Gray County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 260755 SVRAMA TXC179-260835- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 254 AM CDT MON JUN 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GRAY COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 335 AM CDT * AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF PAMPA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... KINGSMILL...PAMPA...LEFORS AND MCLEAN. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU CANNOT GET UNDERGROUND...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS! LAT...LON 3560 10108 3521 10106 3521 10056 3562 10060
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, 11 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDT, 11 hours 39 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
Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:43 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
243 AM CDT MON JUN 26 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.
1110 PM 6 SE KENTON OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 CIMARRON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1128 PM 6 SE KENTON OK .88 INCH HAIL
06/25/00 CIMARRON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1134 PM FELT OK 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/25/00 CIMARRON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.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 25, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 65 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.