Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2001, 6:06 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 5 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
- May 29, 2001, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:37 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Yarnall, TX | |
| May 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Pomeroy, TX | The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated. An official storm survey was made. |
| May 29, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Panhandle, TX | The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated. An official storm survey was made. |
| May 29, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Conway, TX | The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated. |
| May 29, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Panhandle, TX | The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 292306 SVRAMA TXC065-300000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 606 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CARSON COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANHANDLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 3562 10161 3519 10161 3520 10110 3561 10110
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 May 29, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001 AMS OVR PNHDLS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND IS SHEARED WELL. H5 VOT MAX WITH ASSOCD COLD POOL MOVG TWD WRN ZNS ATTM. LOW-LVL MSTR FLUX CNVGNC IS MAXIMIZED OVR WRN ZNS. AREAL QUALIFIERS WILL BE USED ALL SXNS 1ST PD. WSHFT EXPCD LATE TNGT. NELY SFC WNDS ON WED WL BRING MORE STABLE AIR INTO AREA WITH LITTLE CNVGNC OVR AREA. WL REMOVE POPS WED FM ALL BUT ERN ZNS WHERE SOME PCPN MAY LINGER DURG MRNG. ALSO REMOVED POPS FOR WED NGT AS SFC RDG BUILDS INTO AREA. SOME RECOVERY OF MSTR PSBL FOR THU AND THU NGT OVR WRN ZNS...SO INTRODUCED SLGT CHC POPS THOSE LOCATIONS. WL KEEP EXTDD DRY AS WK TO MDT NWLY FLOW PVLS. 03 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. COCKRELL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 12:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-292100- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1254 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY. A SURFACE DRYLINE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT APPROACHES THE TEXAS STATE LINE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. FINALLY...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWARD AND INTO THE PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT. THESE FEATURES WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. FAVORABLE SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL ALSO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LIKELY ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
Local storm report, May 29, 1:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
156 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1059 AM CONLEN TX .75 INCH HAIL
05/29/01 DALLAM REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.
0130 PM 15 E FORGAN OK .75 INCH HAIL
05/29/01 BEAVER REPORTED BY BEAVER EOC.
KP/TSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 47 min |
| May 29, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 50 min |
| May 29, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 63 min |
| May 29, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 60 min |
| May 29, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 22 min |
| May 29, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 47 min |
| May 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 39 min |
| May 29, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 61 min |
| May 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 52 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 47 min |
| May 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson | 45 min |
| May 29, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.