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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 27, 2001Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 7:47 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 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
May 27, 2001, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Beaver County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 7:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 ESlapout, OK

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
May 27, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2001-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2001-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
403 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KAMA 280047
SVRAMA
OKC007-280145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
747 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BEAVER COUNTY IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM TURPIN TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  SLAPOUT...MOVING SOUTH AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BEAVER...BALKO...BOYD...BRYANS CORNER...ELMWOOD...FLORIS...        
  FORGAN...GATE...TURPIN...GRAY...KNOWLES...MOCANE AND SLAPOUT

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 369M9 9998 3700 10086 3653 10083 3649 10003

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 27, 1:35 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 1:35 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
135 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

A COMPLICATED SITUATION IS IN PLACE FOR THE AREA AND WILL PUT
UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF EVENTS. RADAR SHOWS SOME LEFTOVER
BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS ACTIVITY. AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS
DIFFICULT TO PLACE BUT APPEARS TO BE NEAR OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. AT THE
SAME TIME...A DRYLINE IS POISED IN EASTERN NM AND SHOULD MOVE
EASTWARD INTO THE CWA BEFORE DARK. AN INSTABILITY LINE APPEARS
STRETCHED FROM SE CO TO SW KS AND INTO OK. THIS WILL PUT OUR NE IN
THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACTIVE WEATHER AS ALL THE INGREDIENTS COME
TOGETHER THIS EVENING.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NORTHWEST FLOW AND PLENTY OF
MOISTURE WILL STILL BE IN PLACE TO WORK ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A
WAVE MOVES TOWARD THE AREA AT MIDWEEK AND PROVIDES FURTHER
OPPORTUNITY FOR STORMS.

NW FLOW ALOFT HANGS ON INTO THE LATE WEEK AS A WEAKER SYSTEM
SETTLES IN OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. INDICATORS STILL SHOW A DRIER
LATE WEEK...SO WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES THERE.

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

WYNNE

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.