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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 23, 2001Carson County, Potter County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2001, 8:05 PM CST for Carson County, Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
Mar 23, 2001, 8:05 PM CST (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2001, 9:00 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Carson County, TX, Potter County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 21 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 685 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
685 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1474 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KAMA 240206
SVRAMA
TXC065-375-240300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
805 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POTTER COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
  WESTERN CARSON COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 805 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF AMARILLO...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  AMARILLO AND PANHANDLE

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SCUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3563 10196 3519 10208 3518 10131 3547 10130

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 6:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson56 min
Mar 23, 7:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.