Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Amarillo, TX

Issued

May 26, 2002, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Amarillo, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lipscomb County, TX

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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.

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.

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WUUS54 KAMA 270128
SVRAMA
TXC295-270230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
828 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF HIGGINS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING EAST 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 3649 10047 3607 10043 3610 10003 3648 10003

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
235 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

AFTER THE PAST FEW MONTHS...I CANT BELIEVE I AM ABOUT TO PUT THIS ON
PAPER...I AM ACTUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. NOT ONLY IS THERE A CONCERN FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE.

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A DRY LINE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO
AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. WHAT REMAINS OF A WARM FRONT IS DRAPED
FROM THE SOUTH PLAINS TO JUST SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER. SATELLITE AND
UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS SHOWS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH
NORTHERN MEXICO...WITH AN ASSOCIATED JET STREAK APPROACHING FAR
WESTERN TEXAS. ALL OF THESE FEATURES WILL BE MAJOR PLAYERS IN
PANHANDLE WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY FIRED ALONG THE DRY LINE OVER COLORADO
AND NEW MEXICO...MATCHING WELL WITH THE AVN/ETA/MM5 FORECASTS.
JET STREAK APPROACHING WEST TEXAS...AIDING LIFT ALONG THE DRY
LINE...HELPING TO PRODUCE THE THUNDERSTORMS. SHORT RANGE MODELS AGREE
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT...WITH NEARLY
EVERYONE HAVING A CHANCE OF MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL. THE AVN IS THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE WITH RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES. THE ETA/MESOETA/MM5 ALL PRODUCE RAINFALL
IN OUR AREA WITH MODEL QPF RANGING FROM 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH. THE AVN
SUGGESTS AN MCS WILL FORM WITH MODEL QPF OF OVER 1 INCH. THE AVN
SOLUTION IS REASONABLE (WITH QPF LIKELY OVERDONE)...WITH
THUNDERSTORMS FIRING ALONG THE DRY LINE TONIGHT MIXING WITH AN
INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET (40+ KTS) LEADING TO A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS BY MIDNIGHT. THE MCS WILL THEN MOVE MORE SOUTHERLY
OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL FLOW...THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF
AREAS RECEIVING OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN. WITH THESE FACTORS IN MIND...
AND NO PREFERRED AREAS SHOWING UP YET...WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN ALL AREAS
TONIGHT.

AMA   58  78  55  79 /  70  60  40  40
DHT   55  77  54  78 /  50  40  30  30

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

FOX

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.