Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2003, 6:24 AM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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
- May 14, 2003, 6:24 AM CDT (11:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2003, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Beaver County, OK
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 141124 SVRAMA OKC007-141215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 623 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 715 AM CDT * AT 623 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BRYANS CORNER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... SLAPOUT...GRAY...ELMWOOD...BRYANS CORNER...BOYD AND BALKO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3653 10094 3650 10003 3680 10001 3683 10093 $$
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 14, 3:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 300 AM CDT WED 14 MAY 2003 SHOULD SEE RAIN CHANCES INCREASE TODAY INTO TOMORROW AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE AREA. HIGH DEWPOINTS ARE BEING ADVECTED INTO EASTERN NM WHICH MAY CAUSE CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MOUNTAINS AND MOVE INTO OUR CWA. DAYTIME HEATING AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF BOUNDARIES SHOULD ALSO MAXIMIZE CHANCES IN THIS AREA. THE PRECIP SHOULD SPREAD TO THE EAST TONIGHT INTO THU AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO NEW MEXICO. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOULD BE IN OUR NORTHERN CWA MAINLY THE OK PANHANDLE DUE TO WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE. HOWEVER THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN OUR SOUTHERN CWA WHERE HIGH DEWPOINTS COMBINED WITH THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE THE GREATEST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR. THE RAIN WILL EXIT THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND SOME COOLER WEATHER WILL BE IN STORE THRU SAT. SUN AND MON WILL WARM UP BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE TX/OK PANHANDLES ON TUE. PRELIM NUMBERS TO FOLLOW... FCSTID = 10 AMARILLO 85 57 75 54 / 10 30 40 40 BEAVER 81 57 72 56 / 00 30 50 60 BOISE CITY 79 55 69 50 / 20 40 50 60 BORGER 83 58 73 54 / 10 30 40 40 BOYS RANCH 82 57 74 54 / 20 30 40 40 CANYON 84 58 77 55 / 20 30 40 40 CLARENDON 84 60 77 56 / 10 30 40 50 DALHART 82 56 73 53 / 20 40 40 40 GUYMON 81 56 70 53 / 10 30 50 60 HEREFORD 84 58 79 55 / 20 40 40 40 LIPSCOMB 82 58 74 56 / 00 30 40 50 PAMPA 83 59 74 56 / 00 30 40 50 SHAMROCK 83 60 75 57 / 10 30 40 50 WELLINGTON 83 60 77 58 / 10 30 40 50 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. HENNIG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 6:00 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-141800- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 600 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST STATES ON THURSDAY. AS A RESULT... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL OF THE THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. ANDRADE
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.