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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2002, 1:09 AM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2002, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2002, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lipscomb County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:10 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Higgins, TX | |
| May 24, 2:17 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Lipscomb, TX | |
| May 24, 2:18 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Lipscomb, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 240609 SVRAMA TXC295-240715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 109 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... LIPSCOMB...HIGGINS...FOLLETT AND DARROUZETT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3606 10055 3605 10001 3646 10002 3647 10036
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 23, 2:55 PM CDT, 10 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:55 PM CDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 255 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2002 LATEST ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT COLD FRONT HAS STALLED OVER CNTRL ZNS AS A NEW SFC LOW GETS BETTER ORGANIZED BETWEEN KROW AND KCVS AS HINTED BY ETA MODEL. THIS SFC LOW IS PROGGED BY ALL SHORT RANGE MODELS TO TRACK NEWD THRU FCST AREA TNGT AND FRI...WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACTUALLY RETREATING NWD TO NRN ZNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 12Z ETA/AVN/NGM...THEN MOVG SWD AGAIN LATER FRI AND FRI NIGHT...OUT OF THE PNHDLS BY 12Z SAT. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY HIGHEST POPS NERN HALF TNGT...SLGT CHC ALL ZNS FRI...CHC POPS FRI NIGHT THRU THE MEMORIAL WEEKEND. UA PATTERN FEATURES BROAD WSW FLOW WITH EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES ZIPPING ACROSS ON OCCASION. COMBINATION OF MOISTURE... WEAK IMPULSES AND PROXIMITY OF SFC BOUNDARIES WARRANTS THE CHC POPS THRU WEEKEND...AGAIN FAIRLY TYPICAL OF CLIMATOLOGY OF LATE MAY HERE ON SRN HI PLAINS. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS TEND TO AGREE ON BROAD WSW FLOW ALOFT CONTINUING INTO TUE BEFORE HEIGHTS RISE AND RIDGING OCCURS OVER WRN US. DEPENDING ON RIDGE AXIS...COULD SEE SOME SORT OF NW FLOW OVER PNHDLS WED AND THU WHICH ALWAYS RAISES A CONCERN OF NW FLOW WX EVENTS. WILL MAINTAIN THE CHC POPS FOR WED AND ADD THU IN AS WELL DUE TO THAT PSBLTY BASED ON SOME SEMBLANCE OF MEDIUM RANGE MODEL AGREEMENT...EXCEPTION BEING THE ECMWF WHICH HOLDS ON TO SLIGHTLY LOWER HEIGHTS A BIT LONGER. .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. ANDRADE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
>OKZ002-003-TXZ002>005-007>010-014-015-240800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1052 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2002 OKZ002-003-TXZ002-240800- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 323. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE: IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE: TEXAS...BEAVER... IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: SHERMAN... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...GUYMON...STRATFORD... TXZ003>005-007>010-014-015-240800- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 323 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: HANSFORD...OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS... HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BOOKER...BORGER...CANADIAN...DUMAS... MIAMI...PAMPA...PERRYTON...SHAMROCK...SPEARMAN...
Local storm report, May 23, 11:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1126 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0529 PM AMARILLO TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 RANDALL REPORTED BY POTTER COUNTY
EM.
0530 PM AMARILLO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 RANDALL REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0531 PM AMARILLO TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 RANDALL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
0542 PM AMARILLO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 POTTER REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0542 PM AMARILLO TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 POTTER REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
0544 PM AMARILLO TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 POTTER REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0545 PM DARROUZETT TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0557 PM DARROUZETT TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0615 PM 20NE AMARILLO TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 POTTER REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0618 PM FOLLETT TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0620 PM FOLLETT TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0622 PM DARROUZETT TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY LIPSCOMB
COUNTY SO.
0625 PM FOLLETT TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0630 PM 2S FOLLETT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0630 PM 2S FOLLETT TX 2.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER. LASTED 30
MINUTES.
0634 PM 3SE FRITCH TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0634 PM 3SE FRITCH TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 CARSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0637 PM FOLLETT TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0638 PM 8W BORGER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM.
0638 PM 6W BORGER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0648 PM 2S SPEARMAN TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HANSFORD REPORTED BY HANSFORD
COUNTY SO.
0649 PM 5W STINNETT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY SO.
0721 PM 1SW SPEARMAN TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HANSFORD REPORTED BY HANSFORD
COUNTY SO.
0725 PM BORGER TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM.
0725 PM BORGER TX FLOODING
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON STREET FLOODING
0737 PM 10S FARNSWORTH TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 OCHILTREE REPORTED BY OCHILTREE
COUNTY SO.
0745 PM BORGER TX 2.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM. HAIL DAMAGED
VEHICLES
0805 PM BALKO OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 BEAVER REPORTED BY BEAVER COUNTY
EM.
0825 PM 12SE WAKA TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 OCHILTREE REPORTED BY OCHILTREE
COUNTY SO.
0834 PM BEAVER OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 BEAVER REPORTED BY BEAVER COUNTY
EM.
0840 PM FORGAN OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 BEAVER REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0900 PM BORGER TX FLOODING
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON STREET FLOODING REPORTED
BY HUTCHINSON COUNTY EM.
0910 PM 20NW MIAMI TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0912 PM 5W STINNETT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY SO.
0923 PM STINNETT TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0931 PM STINNETT TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM.
0955 PM BORGER TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY BORGER ASOS.
1115 PM 10NW MIAMI TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
1118 PM 9NW MIAMI TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
1125 PM 10NW MIAMI TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
1125 PM 10NW MIAMI TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.Local storm report, May 23, 11:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1136 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0529 PM AMARILLO TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 RANDALL REPORTED BY POTTER COUNTY
EM.
0530 PM AMARILLO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 RANDALL REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0531 PM AMARILLO TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 RANDALL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
0542 PM AMARILLO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 POTTER REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0542 PM AMARILLO TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 POTTER REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
0544 PM AMARILLO TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 POTTER REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0545 PM DARROUZETT TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0557 PM DARROUZETT TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0615 PM 20NE AMARILLO TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 POTTER REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0618 PM FOLLETT TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0620 PM FOLLETT TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0622 PM DARROUZETT TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY LIPSCOMB
COUNTY SO.
0625 PM FOLLETT TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0630 PM 2S FOLLETT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0630 PM 2S FOLLETT TX 2.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER. LASTED 30
MINUTES.
0634 PM 3SE FRITCH TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0634 PM 3SE FRITCH TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 CARSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0637 PM FOLLETT TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 LIPSCOMB REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0638 PM 8W BORGER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM.
0638 PM 6W BORGER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0648 PM 2S SPEARMAN TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HANSFORD REPORTED BY HANSFORD
COUNTY SO.
0649 PM 5W STINNETT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY SO.
0721 PM 1SW SPEARMAN TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HANSFORD REPORTED BY HANSFORD
COUNTY SO.
0725 PM BORGER TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM.
0725 PM BORGER TX FLOODING
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON STREET FLOODING
0737 PM 10S FARNSWORTH TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 OCHILTREE REPORTED BY OCHILTREE
COUNTY SO.
0745 PM BORGER TX 2.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM. HAIL DAMAGED
VEHICLES
0805 PM BALKO OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 BEAVER REPORTED BY BEAVER COUNTY
EM.
0825 PM 12SE WAKA TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 OCHILTREE REPORTED BY OCHILTREE
COUNTY SO.
0834 PM BEAVER OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 BEAVER REPORTED BY BEAVER COUNTY
EM.
0840 PM FORGAN OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 BEAVER REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0843 PM 17E BORGER TX TORNADO
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0855 PM 20W MIAMI TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0900 PM BORGER TX FLOODING
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON STREET FLOODING REPORTED
BY HUTCHINSON COUNTY EM.
0910 PM 20NW MIAMI TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0912 PM 5W STINNETT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY SO.
0923 PM STINNETT TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0931 PM STINNETT TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
COUNTY EM.
0955 PM BORGER TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/23/02 HUTCHINSON REPORTED BY BORGER ASOS.
1115 PM 10NW MIAMI TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
1118 PM 9NW MIAMI TX 2.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
1125 PM 10NW MIAMI TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
1125 PM 10NW MIAMI TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/23/02 ROBERTS REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 30 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree | 62 min |
| May 23, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 26 min |
| May 23, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 31 min |
| May 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 30 min |
| May 23, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 57 min |
| May 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 49 min |
| May 23, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Roberts | 43 min |
| May 23, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 38 min |
| May 23, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 45 min |
| May 24, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 63 min |
| May 24, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 30 min |
| May 24, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.