Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2002, 7:14 PM CDT for Hemphill County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2002, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hemphill County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
W. Woodward Airport, OK (KWWR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 110014 CCA SVRAMA TXC211-110045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 705 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HEMPHILL COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CANADIAN * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANADIAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GLAZIER REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AMARILLO. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TORNADOES CAN FORM QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LAT...LON 3604 10053 3589 10053 3588 10018 3604 10017
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 Jun 10, 2:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 249 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002 MOISTURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH DRYLINE HAS BEEN SHARPENING UP SINCE 19Z OVER THE WESTERN ZONES. LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CU FIELD ALONG DRYLINE LOCATION BEST...GENERALLY FROM WESTERN TEXAS COUNTY OKLAHOMA TO EASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY. EXPECT SLOW MOVING DRYLINE TO MIX EASTWARD THROUGH 02Z. TOUGH CALL AS TO HOW FAR EAST IT WILL REACH. CLUSTER OF BUILDING TCU LOCATED OVER MOORE COUNTY ARE VERY HIGH BASED AT THIS TIME. 70 DEGREE SFC DEW POINTS ARE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN PANHANLDES WITH TEMPS WARMING THROUGH THE 90S. ACTIVITY SHOULD PERSIST AND MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AWIPS 5.2.1 UPGRADE IS COMING ALONG NICELY. AMA 65/95 61/90 60 -02 DHT 62/99 62/90 60 000 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. SLATTERY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
548 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0449 PM 3N SANFORD TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/10/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM.
0450 PM 3NE STINNETT TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/10/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM.
0525 PM SPEARMAN TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/10/02 HANSFORD REPORTED BY LOCAL MEDIA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.