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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 2000, 8:13 PM CST for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- Oct 31, 2000, 8:13 PM CST (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2000, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Carson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 010214 SVRAMA TXC065-010300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 813 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 900 PM CST * AT 813 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROOM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... PANHANDLE...SKELLYTOWN AND WHITE DEER LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LAT...LON 3561 10143 3519 10143 3519 10111 3561 10112
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 Oct 31, 2:10 PM CST, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 2:10 PM CST, 6 hours 3 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 210 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2000 THE STRONG CLOSED LOW CONTINUES TO MARCH EASTWARD OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TODAY. DEEP MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM INTO THE FA ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST. A SURFACE TROUGH IS DEEPENING IN EASTERN CO AND A STRONG JET OVER THE REGION WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS INCREASING OVER THE PANHANDLES. MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN ZONES. THE FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND WILL ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY AID IN THE LIFT FOR STORMS. ALSO A SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPEARS TO BE OVER WRN NM. AS THIS SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SWINGS NEWD IT WILL ADD SUFFICIENT DYNAMICS TO HELP TRIGGERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. EVEN THE SURFACE HEATING IS ADDING TO THE INSTABILITY...EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD FOR STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER. NO BIG CHANGES PLANED FOR LATER PERIODS. WILL ADJUST TEMPS SLIGHTLY...OTHERWISE DRIER CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES IN TO THE FA THURSDAY MORNING. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTING LATER FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AMA BU 039/063 035/058 035 500 DHT BU 037/061 031/056 031 400 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. DIPASQUALE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 6:35 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-008>010-010050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 635 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2000 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 771 HAS BEEN CLEARED... TORNADO WATCH 771 HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR SHERMAN AND MOORE COUNTIES IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES AND THE WATCH IS NO LONGER NEEDED THERE. HOWEVER...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH 771 CONTINUE INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF TEXAS AND BEAVER IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND HANSFORD...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS...OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB AND HEMPHILL IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE WATCH IN THESE COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM CST. CB
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 7:25 PM CST, 48 minutes before
OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-008>010-010145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 725 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REMOVED TEXAS COUNTY AND HANSFORD COUNTY FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 771. STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES AND ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BEAVER COUNTY IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND FOR OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB...HUTCHINSON... ROBERTS AND HEMPHILL COUNTIES IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 9 PM CST. ANDRADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.