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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 24, 2001Lipscomb County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2001, 8:34 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2001, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2001, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 8:38 PM CDTHail 1.75Booker, TX

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
Aug 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 00:00Z on 2001-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2874 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2001-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2874 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

608 
WUUS54 KAMA 250135
SVRAMA
TXC295-250230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
834 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DARROUZETT...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES NORTHWEST OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  DARROUZETT AND BOOKER

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

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 Aug 24, 1:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 1:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
150 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001

SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED WEAK LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. AT
UPPER-LEVELS...A WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE COUPLED WITH FAIRLY
STRONG INSTABILITY WILL MAKE INITIATION PROBABLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN
ZONES THIS AFTERNOON WITH STORMS CONTINUING THIS EVENING. THE SYSTEM
WILL EXIT TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTH INTO THE
PANHANDLES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION SLOWLY INCREASING.
A SECOND VORT MAX WILL PUSH SOUTH OUT OF SOUTHERN COLORADO SATURDAY
WITH CONVECTION FIRING UP ALONG THE FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. STORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE
WESTERN ZONES WITH INFLUENCE FROM SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY REMAINING
POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE MONDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. NORTHWEST FLOW
WILL PERSIST ALOFT WITH STORM CHANCES CONTINUING AS AN THE OLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY GRADUALLY GETS WASHED OUT TO THE SOUTH. BY
TUESDAY NIGHT...A LEE TROUGH SHOULD GET GOING...RETURNING WINDS
TO THE SOUTHWEST. THIS MAY DRY THINGS OUT A BIT WEDNESDAY IN BETWEEN
WAVES ALOFT. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT PUSHING DOWN THURSDAY WITH
PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS IN
THE FORECAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

AMA 65/90 62/84 59 323
DHT 62/88 60/82 57 222

.AMA...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

CB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 24, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
537 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    HOWARDWICK                TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/24/01   DONLEY                         REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.

JW
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-013>015-018>020-250300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
707 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CLEARED ALL COUNTIES IN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 694. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE:

IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE:
BEAVER...

IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE:
OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...CARSON...GRAY...
WHEELER...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...BOOKER...CANADIAN...
CLARENDON...CLAUDE...MIAMI...PAMPA...PANHANDLE...PERRYTON...
SHAMROCK...WELLINGTON...

JRC
Local storm report, Aug 24, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
725 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    HOWARDWICK                TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/24/01   DONLEY                         REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.

0542 PM    GREENBELT LAKE            TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/24/01   DONLEY                         REPORTED BY COUNTY S.O.

0551 PM    GREENBELT LAKE            TX   .75 INCH HAIL
08/24/01   DONLEY                         REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.

0556 PM    1E GREENBELT LAKE         TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/24/01   DONLEY                         REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.

0645 PM    DARROUZETT                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
08/24/01   LIPSCOMB                       REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.

JW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts56 min
Aug 25, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson65 min
Aug 25, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson57 min
Aug 25, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson57 min
Aug 25, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter62 min
Aug 25, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford66 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.