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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

February 22, 2000Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2000, 4:54 PM CST for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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
Feb 22, 2000, 4:54 PM CST (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2000, 5:30 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Beaver County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 22, 5:15 PM CSTHail 0.75Elmwood, OK

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 22, 2:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2000-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KAMA 222256
SVRAMA
OKC007-222330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
454 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 530 PM CST

* AT 454 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH 
  OF FORGAN TO 9 MILES WEST OF SLAPOUT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  SLAPOUT...MOCANE...KNOWLES...GATE...FORGAN...ELMWOOD AND BEAVER

DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YO6U CANNOT GET UNDERGROUND...GO
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS!

LAT...LON 3700 10054 3649 10064 3650 10001 3700 10001

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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.