Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2004, 5:25 PM CDT for Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
- Apr 25, 2004, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gray County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Pampa, TX | |
| Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 E Pampa, TX | |
| Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Ene Pampa, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 252225 SVRAMA TXC179-252330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 524 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GRAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF PAMPA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... PAMPA...MCLEAN...LEFORS...LAKE MCCLELLAN AND ALANREED LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3561 10106 3520 10106 3520 10055 3561 10055 $$
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 Apr 25, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 240 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A MESO LOW JUST EAST OF AMARILLO AT 1830Z... WITH A WIND SHIFT LINE FROM THE LOW TO THE WEST. TO THE EAST OF THE LOW...THERE IS MORE OF A BAROCLINIC ZONE...WITH A 10 DEGREE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KCDS AND KPPA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE...ALBEIT SLOWLY...AS SURFACE DEW POINTS CLIMB BACK INTO THE LOWER 50S IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. MEANWHILE...BACK IN COLORADO...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST...AND WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT. CONVECTIVE INHIBITION IS DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES...AS EVIDENCED BY THE CUMULUS FIELD BEGINNING TO DEVELOP. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL CONTINUE TO STEEPEN AS UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE AREA. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP INITIALLY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADS TO THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO THE LIKELY CATEGORY AREAWIDE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS...WITH THE BEST POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS COMING BETWEEN 4 PM AND 9 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 121 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM...FOR ALL BUT TEXAS AND BEAVER COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA. FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST...NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED. UPPER LOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY TOMORROW MORNING...LEAVING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BEFORE THE NEXT COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH ON THURSDAY. THE TIMING OF THIS FRONT IS IN QUESTION...AS THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DO NOT QUITE AGREE ON WHEN THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH. BEST GUESS AS OF NOW SUGGESTS A LATE AFTERNOON FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO 71 45 73 46 / 20 70 0 0 BEAVER 70 44 73 47 / 20 60 0 0 BOISE CITY 67 38 71 45 / 20 60 0 0 BORGER 72 49 74 51 / 20 70 0 0 BOYS RANCH 72 41 73 48 / 20 60 0 0 CANYON 72 45 72 46 / 20 60 0 0 CLARENDON 75 49 75 50 / 20 70 10 0 DALHART 69 39 72 43 / 20 60 0 0 GUYMON 68 42 73 45 / 20 60 0 0 HEREFORD 73 44 73 45 / 20 60 0 0 LIPSCOMB 72 44 73 48 / 20 60 0 0 PAMPA 72 47 72 48 / 20 70 0 0 SHAMROCK 74 48 75 49 / 20 70 10 0 WELLINGTON 77 50 75 51 / 20 70 10 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 02Z TXZ001-020. OK...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 02Z OKZ001. && 14/09
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-260500- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 100 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER... THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NECESSARY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRILLETTE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 320 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 TXZ019-020-252100- COLLINGSWORTH-DONLEY- 320 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS DONLEY...AND COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES... A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS THROUGH 4 PM INCLUDE CLARENDON...WELLINGTON...HEDLEY...AND QUAIL. THIS STORM IS ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WHEELER COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...AND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. DRILLETTE / FOX
Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
356 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL 10 SE WHEELER 35.34N 100.15W
04/25/2004 0.75 INCH WHEELER TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
GWSpecial weather statement, Apr 25, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 408 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 TXZ014-018>020-252300- ARMSTRONG-COLLINGSWORTH-DONLEY-GRAY- 408 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE HALF IN IN DIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. CLARENDON...MCLEAN... GOODNIGHT...AND WELLINGTON ARE A FEW COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS THROUGH 600 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...AND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. TXZ001-006-011-016-252300- DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-HARTLEY-OLDHAM- 408 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. BRAVO...ROMERO...CHANNING...ADRIAN...VEGA AND HEREFORD WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 600 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...AND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. GOEHRING
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:30 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 430 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 TXZ010-015-252300- HEMPHILL-WHEELER- 430 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH WHEELER AND SOUTHERN HEMPHILL COUNTIES... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. BRISCOE... ALLISON...WHEELER AND RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST HEMPHILL COUNTY WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS THROUGH 600 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...AND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. GOEHRING
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:49 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 449 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 OKZ001-TXZ001-252300- CIMARRON-DALLAM- 449 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. DALHART... TEXLINE AND FELT WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS THROUGH 600 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...AND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. GOEHRING
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:10 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 510 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 TXZ009-010-013>015-260000- CARSON-GRAY-HEMPHILL-ROBERTS-WHEELER- 510 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. WHITE DEER... PAMPA...LEFORS...MIAMI...CANADIAN...MOBEETIE AND WHEELER WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS THROUGH 700 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...AND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. GOEHRING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 53 min |
| Apr 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 80 min |
| Apr 25, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 82 min |
| Apr 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 82 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.