Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2001, 10:55 AM CDT for Collingsworth County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 22, 2001, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2001, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Collingsworth County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 10:58 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Wellington, TX | |
| Apr 22, 11:18 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Dodson, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
240 WUUS54 KAMA 221556 SVRAMA TXC087-221630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1055 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 1055 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WELLINGTON TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODSON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... WELLINGTON...DODSON AND LUTIE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3477 10032 3475 10001 3518 10001 3518 10032
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 22, 2:54 AM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:54 AM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 254 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 BIGGEST CONCERNS THIS FCST PD ARE THE WINDS AND FIRE WEATHER THREAT. RIGHT NOW...A LULL IN THE ACTION AS FAR AS SEVERE WX GOES...HWVR MORE ACTVTY PSBL LTR AS MAIN MID AND UPR LOW EJECTS OUT OF THE SWRN STATES LTR TNGT AND THEN NEWD INTO CO/KS BY 18Z SUN OR SO. LOOKING AT HIGH WIND DECISION TREE...APRS THAT THE 700 MB GRADIENT METHOD COMES OUT TO AT LEAST 90 TO 99 METERS OVR 200 NM ON SUNDAY ACRS THE PNHDLS. THIS TRANSLATES INTO WND SPDS OF AT LEAST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR HIER...OTRW HIGH WND WRNG CRITERIA. MOS GUIDANCE FCSTG MIN RH VALUES NR OR SLGTLY BLO 20 PCT BY SUN AFTN ACRS THE PNHDLS. WL LIKELY GO WITH A HI WND WRNG FOR THE TX AND OK PNHDLS AND WL ISSUE A RED FLAG WRNG FOR FIRE WX FOR THE TX PNHDL SUN. STRONG CDFNT MOVS OUT OF THE CNTRL PLNS AND CNTRL RCKYS BY MIDDAY SUN AND THEN MOVS THRU THE OK AND NRN TX PNHDLS DURING THE AFTN AND THEN THRU THE RMNDR OF THE TX PNHDL BY ERY SUN EVE. MUCH COLDER AMS ADVECTS DOWN INTO THE FA SUN NGT AND MON AS SFC HIGH MOVS OVR THE PNHDLS. THE SFC HIGH THEN FCSTD TO RMN OVR OR NR THE PNHDLS MON NGT AND TUE. ANOTHER WKR CDFNT FCSTD TO MOV OUT OF CO AND KS TUE AND TUE NGT AND THEN FCSTD TO BCM STNRY NR THE OK PNHDL BY WED. SFC HIGH DROPPING SEWD OUT OF THE PLNS STATES WED MAY HELP THE CDFNT TO MOV THRU THE FA LT WED AFTN/ERY WED EVE. LEE SIDE SFC TROF DVLPS ACRS ERN CO AND ERN NM THU. CURRENTLY...FCST HAS SLGT CHC FOR CNVTN THU AND FRI. LACK OF LO LVL MSTR WL BE A CONCERN FOR CNVTV DVLPMT. MAY NEED TO DROP THE SLGT CHC...BUT WL LOOK AT LTST MRF BFR MAKING ANY CHGS TO CURRENT EXTENDED FCST. LOOKS AS THOUGH EXTENDED FCST WL BE DRY. THANK YOU FOR THE COORDINATION WSFO LBB...ABQ...DDC...AND OUN. PRELIM CCF: AMA 070/039 064/038 073 300 GUY 068/038 063/037 072 300 DHT 069/038 063/036 071 200 .AMA... TX...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY FOR ZONES 001>020 TIL 00Z. OK...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY FOR ZONES 001>003 TIL 00Z. SCHNEIDER/BROYLES/BILODEAU
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 10:20 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1020 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0851 AM 4 SW GRUVER TX .75 INCH HAIL 04/22/01 HANSFORD SHERIFFS OFFICE 0900 AM 1 E GRUVER TX .75 INCH HAIL 04/22/01 HANSFORD SHERIFFS OFFICE 0905 AM HANSFORD TX .75 INCH HAIL 04/22/01 HANSFORD SHERIFFS OFFICE RD
Local storm report, Apr 22, 10:53 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1020 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0851 AM 4 SW GRUVER TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/01 HANSFORD SHERIFFS OFFICE
0900 AM 1 E GRUVER TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/01 HANSFORD SHERIFFS OFFICE
0905 AM HANSFORD TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/01 HANSFORD SHERIFFS OFFICE
1049 AM WELLINGTON TX .88 INCH HAIL
04/22/01 COLLINSWORTH BROKE WINDSHIELD IN SHERIFFS
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RDThe 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, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore | 24 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 |
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.