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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 21, 2001Hansford County, Hutchinson County, Moore County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2001, 9:51 PM CDT for Hansford County, Hutchinson County, Moore County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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: Apr 21, 2001, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Hansford County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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
Apr 21, 10:12 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Morse, TX
Apr 21, 10:15 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Masterson, 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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KAMA 220253
SVRAMA
TXC195-233-341-220315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
951 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
  MOORE COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
  HANSFORD COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUNRAY. MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 55 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL RACE NORTHEAST FROM 
  OLDHAM COUNTY AND APPROACH SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  DUMAS...SPEARMAN...CACTUS...FOUR WAY...GRUVER...LAKE MEREDITH...
  MASTERSON...MORSE AND SUNRAY

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

LAT...LON 3649 10161 3606 10161 3605 10217 3563 10215
          3563 10163 3580 10163 3606 10133 3606 10109
          3649 10109

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 Apr 21, 2:44 PM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 2:44 PM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
244 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001

ATMOSPHERE IS GETTING QUITE UNSTABLE EAST OF THE DRYLINE IN
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.
SURFACE COLD FRONT STILL LIES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
THIS BOUNDARY IS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF MOVING NORTHWARD AS BGD HAS
NOW SWITCHED AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE
THE DRYLINE AND THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE COLD FRONT AND DRYLINE
SET OFF A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS COULD QUICKLY BECOME
SEVERE AS STRONG INSTABILITY BREAKS THROUGH WHAT CAP THERE IS.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES
OVERNIGHT AS LOW LEVEL JET COMBINES WITH UPPER LOW PUSHING EAST
ACROSS NEW MEXICO. PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE
WESTERN ZONES TO MEET UP WITH THE DYNAMICS COMING OUT OF THE
ROCKIES. WILL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS TONIGHT AHEAD OF DYNAMICS.
DRYLINE TEAMS UP WITH PACIFIC COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND DRIVES
EAST...SO WILL TAPER OFF POPS TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.  STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST AND
NORTHEAST QUICKLY AS WINDS ALOFT INCREASE WITH JET STREAK AROUND
THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW.

MODELS MAY BE CATCHING ON TO THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH
MOVES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WE WILL LOWER SOME TEMPERATURES FOR
MONDAY WITH THIS IN MIND.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STARTS TO BUILD BACK ACROSS THE ROCKIES THROUGH
MID WEEK...SO WARMER TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE ON TRACK. WE WILL
INSERT SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE WEST AND CENTRAL ON THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. SEVERAL RIPPLES (SHORT WAVES) MOVE THROUGH THE MEAN
RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM. SOME
CONVECTION MAY FORM ALONG THE ROCKIES AND MOVE INTO THE AREA.  WILL
LEAVE SATURDAY DRY FOR NOW AS RIDGE AXIS MOVES ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES AHEAD OF NEXT STRONG UPPER LOW ALONG THE WEST COAST.

WE USED A BLEND OF THE MODELS FOR THIS FORECAST. THE ETA HAD A
BETTER HANDLE ON THE SURFACE...WHILE THE AVN HAD A BETTER HANDLE ON
THE UPPER AIR FEATURES.

A FEW NUMBERS TO PONDER:

DHT 51/71 38/64 36 730
AMA 57/74 40/66 39 750
BVR 60/79 45/65 39 660

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

GOEHRING

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
602 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0555 PM    5 W CLARENDEN             TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   DONLEY                         OFF DUTY NWS FORECASTER

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
605 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001

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

0555 PM    5 W CLARENDEN             TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   DONLEY                         OFF DUTY NWS FORECASTER

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
616 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001

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

0555 PM    5NW CLARENDON             TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   DONLEY                         OFF DUTY NWS FORECASTER

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
625 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001

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

0555 PM    5NW CLARENDON             TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   DONLEY                         OFF DUTY NWS FORECASTER

Local storm report, Apr 21, 9:22 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
922 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001

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

0555 PM    5NW CLARENDON             TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   DONLEY                         OFF DUTY NWS FORECASTER

0920 PM    5 E UMBARGER              TX   .88 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   RANDALL                        ARES SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Apr 21, 9:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
945 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001

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

0555 PM    5NW CLARENDON             TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   DONLEY                         OFF DUTY NWS FORECASTER

0920 PM    5 E UMBARGER              TX   .88 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   RANDALL                        ARES SPOTTER

0934 PM    AMARILLO                  TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   RANDALL                        45TH AND SONCY

0940 PM    AMARILLO                  TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/01   POTTER                         WESTERN AND ST. FRANCIS BY
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb	51 min
Apr 21, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	43 min
Apr 21, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	46 min
Apr 21, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	44 min
Apr 21, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham	34 min
Apr 21, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	34 min
Apr 21, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford	47 min
Apr 22, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson	55 min
Apr 22, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth	35 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.