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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2001, 9:49 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 71 min. 1 report 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 26, 2001, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Carson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Mc Bride, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 2379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 270249 SVRAMA TXC065-270400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 949 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CARSON COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANHANDLE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF SKELLYTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... PANHANDLE...SKELLYTOWN AND WHITE DEER LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3562 10110 3561 10164 3520 10162 3521 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 26, 3:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2001 SFC LOW TAKING SHAPE OVR WRN OK PNHDL ATTM WITH CIRCULATION EXTDG UPWARD TO H8. WMFNT EXTDS SEWD FM LOW TO NR CDS. DRYLN CLIPS NWRN CORNER OF TX PNHDL AND EXTDS THRU ERN NM W OF TCC AND ROW...WHERE ANOTHER SFC LOW DVLPG. SHALLOW CU FIELD DVLPG OVR SRN TX PNHDL. EXPC FURTHER DVLPMT OF CU AS WAA CONTS VCNTY AXIS OF HIR CAPES RUNNING N-S THRU WRN HALF OF FCST AREA. DEEP MSTR FLUX CNVGNC IS ALSO ALIGNED SIMILARLY. WITH CNVTV TEMPS ABOUT TO BE REACHED...WK VOT MAX APCHG IN NWLY FLOW ALF...AND RESPECTABLE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN PLACE...WL FCST NMRS TSTMS TNGT. PSBL SVR WL BE MENTIONED DUE TO ABOVE FACTORS AND INCRG INSTBY. SRN SFC LOW NR ROW FCST TO DEEPEN AND MOV EWD DURG NGT...KEEPING MSTR FEED AND UPSLP COMPONENT OVR PNHDLS. DEEPENING SFC PRESSURES OVR ERN NM ON SUN WL KEEP MSTR...INSTBY SUPPLIED TO PNHDLS. BY LATE AFTN SUN...DRYLN WL LIE ACRS WRN ZNS...WITH WMFNT RUNNING NW-SE ACRS FCST AREA...SO LATE AFTN/EVE/NGT TIME TSTMS A GOOD BET. MCS COULD DVLP OVR SERN CO AND TRACK SEWD ALG WMFNT AS NOTED BY PREV FCSTR. COOLER CONDS ON MON AS BNDRY MOVS SWD AND UPSLP FLOW PVLS. CHC POPS STILL IN ORDER FOR MON AND MON NGT AS DRYLN SETS UP AGAIN OVR WRN ZNS...AND H5 FLOW TRANSITIONS TO SWLY. TUE AND WED LOOK FAVORABLE FOR CNVTN AS H5 SHTWV TROF PASSES OVHD SO HAVE BOOSTED TO CHC POPS. H5 FLOW TURNS TO NWLY AGAIN WED AS NERN PAC CLOSED LOW CROSSES RCKYS. AFT UPSLP DMSHS ON THU...SFC RDG BUILDS SWD THRU PLAINS...CUTTING OFF MSTR FEED. DRY AND WMR ON FRI AND SAT AS SWRN U.S. H5 RDG BUILDS. 03 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NOVNE. COCKRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 65 min |
| May 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 62 min |
| May 26, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 26 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.