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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 2, 2005Carson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
Jul 2, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2005, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 37 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1011 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1011 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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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 Jul 1, 3:15 PM CDT, 10 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:15 PM CDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
315 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

.DISCUSSION...
PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
ARE FINALLY DISSIPATING AS THE OUTFLOW THEY WERE FOCUSED ON IS
MOVING WEST INTO THE MORE CAPPED ENVIRONMENT OVER THE CENTRAL
PANHANDLES. TO THE WEST...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE MOUNTAINS OF NM AND CO WITH COVERAGE A LITTLE MORE THAN
WAS OBSERVED YESTERDAY. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST
THIS EVENING ENTERING THE WESTERN COUNTIES AFTER 00Z AND MOVING
ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT. WILL LEAVE THE MODERATE POPS ALONE FOR
TONIGHT DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN THE COVERAGE AND LOCATION OF ANY
CONVECTION BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED LATER.

THERE MAY BE ONE MORE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW NIGHT THOUGH
LESS INSTABILITY SUGGESTS COVERAGE WILL BE LESS AND THE CHANCE FOR
SEVERE WILL BE DIMINISHED. MID LEVEL WARMING EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL
PROBABLY SHUT OFF PRECIP CHANCES FOR OUR AREA LEAVING THE
CONVECTION TO THE NORTH IN COLORADO AND KANSAS.

QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT A FRONT MODELS SUGGEST WILL BE MOVING INTO
THE AREA ON MONDAY...HOWEVER WITH THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS SO
FAR NORTH IT IS HARD TO SEE IT MAKING MUCH OF AN IMPACT HERE. I
BROUGHT THE FRONT INTO THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THEN STALLED IT
MONDAY DROPPING HIGHS SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT SHOULD
QUICKLY LIFT TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY EVEN IF ITS
SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION IS AIDED BY CONVECTION FORMING ALONG THE
BOUNDARY. THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD HAS BEEN LEFT HOT AND DRY
THOUGH A NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW REGIME LATE IN THE PERIOD MAY
BRING MORE CHANCES FOR MOUNTAIN CONVECTION.

HENNIG

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                66  92  67  96 /  40  10  10   0
BEAVER OK                  66  94  68  99 /  50  10  10   0
BOISE CITY OK              63  92  64  95 /  40  20  20   0
BORGER TX                  68  94  68  98 /  40  10  10   0
BOYS RANCH TX              66  95  65  96 /  40  10  10   0
CANYON TX                  65  94  67  97 /  40  10  10   0
CLARENDON TX               68  92  68  98 /  40  20   0   0
DALHART TX                 64  94  64  97 /  40  20  20   0
GUYMON OK                  66  94  67  99 /  40  20  20   0
HEREFORD TX                64  95  63  98 /  40  10  10   0
LIPSCOMB TX                67  95  69  97 /  50  20   0   0
PAMPA TX                   67  91  69  98 /  40  20   0   0
SHAMROCK TX                70  93  71  99 /  50  20   0   0
WELLINGTON TX              70  93  71  99 /  50  20   0   0

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

11/10
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:09 PM CDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
309 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-021100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
309 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

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

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLES SATURDAY EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY
REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN
THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS...AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT...AS WELL AS AGAIN SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

SCHNEIDER

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford57 min
Jul 1, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMASherman41 min
Jul 1, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford63 min
Jul 1, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas57 min
Jul 1, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.