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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 10, 2005Potter County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2005, 3:19 PM CDT for Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2005, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Potter County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11:30 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

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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, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1255 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-111100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
1255 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA
AND TEXAS PANHANDLES EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS A SLIGHT OF RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY
ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES. ON SUNDAY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL
BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE ON ALERT THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...SPOTTER GROUPS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE
READY FOR ACTIVATION BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WYNNE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
124 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0116 PM     HAIL             ALANREED                35.21N 100.73W
06/10/2005  0.88 INCH        GRAY               TX   PUBLIC

&&

SD

Local storm report, Jun 10, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
137 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0125 PM     HAIL             5 S GUYMON              36.61N 101.48W
06/10/2005  0.75 INCH        TEXAS              OK   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

GW

Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:20 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
220 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0216 PM     HAIL             BUSHLAND                35.19N 102.06W
06/10/2005  1.00 INCH        POTTER             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SD

Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:29 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
229 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0226 PM     HAIL             15 W AMARILLO           35.20N 102.08W
06/10/2005  1.75 INCH        POTTER             TX   MEDIA

&&

SD

Local storm report, Jun 10, 2:54 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
254 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     HAIL             WAYSIDE                 34.79N 101.55W
06/10/2005  1.00 INCH        ARMSTRONG          TX   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

JMG

Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:08 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	61 min
Jun 9, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	57 min
Jun 9, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Roberts	58 min
Jun 9, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley, Gray	91 min
Jun 9, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	56 min
Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Donley	65 min
Jun 9, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray	46 min
Jun 10, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray	56 min
Jun 10, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	29 min
Jun 10, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	55 min
Jun 10, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	62 min
Jun 10, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham	41 min
Jun 10, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Randall	60 min
Jun 10, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	55 min
Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	63 min
Jun 10, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham	61 min
Jun 10, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	57 min
Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	55 min
Jun 10, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	30 min
Jun 9, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	56 min
Jun 9, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver	33 min
Jun 10, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	54 min
Jun 10, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.