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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2005, 10:25 PM CDT for Moore County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 5, 2005, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2005, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Moore County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 834 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 5, 2:12 PM CDT, 8 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:12 PM CDT, 8 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 212 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...FEEL BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL BE AFTER ABOUT 00Z TO 03Z WEDNESDAY WHEN WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH EJECTS OUT OF EASTERN CO AND NORTHEASTERN NM THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH CONVECTION YESTERDAY TRACKED MORE SOUTHERLY AND STAYED OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NM...FEEL THAT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT/S CONVECTION WILL TRACK MORE SOUTHEASTERLY INTO THE PANHANDLES AS A MORE WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE 500 MB WINDS FORECASTED. GFS FORECASTING THE MOST QPF WITH ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHEAST TX PANHANDLE TONIGHT. NAM/ETA FORECASTING LESS PRECIP...BUT FEEL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEFINITELY BE A THREAT TONIGHT AND HAVE INCLUDED MENTION IN THE GRIDS AND FORECAST. DO NOT THINK FLASH FLOOD WATCH NECESSARY JUST YET...BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO WATCH SITUATION CLOSELY. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW REGIME CONTINUES TODAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. NAM/ETA FORECASTING MOST PRECIP WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CLOSE TO 2 INCHES IN THE WESTERN TX PANHANDLE...AS YET ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DROPS SOUTHEAST OUT OF CO AND NORTHEAST NM. UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFYING NORTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL GIVE THE FORECAST AREA A MORE NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THE GFS IS NOT AS BULLISH ON PRECIP WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PLAN ON LEANING TOWARD THE GFS THIS FORECAST PACKAGE BUT WILL ALSO INCORPORATE THE NAM/ETA INTO THE FORECAST AS WELL. THINKING IS THAT THE GFS IS PROBABLY THE BETTER SOLUTION TONIGHT AND THE NAM/ETA IS THE MODEL OF CHOICE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TWEAKED MAX AND MIN TEMPS SLIGHTLY AND ALSO WINDS DURING THE FIRST THREE PERIODS...OTHERWISE THE BIGGEST CHANGES TO THE GRIDS WERE TO THE POPS AND QPF. INTRODUCED CHANCE POPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AS A PIECE OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY DROPS DOWN ACROSS EASTERN NM. INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH MAY VERY WELL NEED TO BE BUMPED UP FURTHER IF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE SOLUTION...AS A STRONGER SHORTWAVE DROPS SOUTHEAST FROM NORTHERN NM INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. LEFT REAMINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST ALONE AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 63 87 66 89 / 40 30 30 0 BEAVER OK 66 85 67 92 / 60 30 30 0 BOISE CITY OK 62 91 63 92 / 50 30 30 0 BORGER TX 67 87 70 92 / 50 30 30 0 BOYS RANCH TX 65 92 68 91 / 40 30 30 0 CANYON TX 62 90 64 89 / 30 30 30 0 CLARENDON TX 65 88 67 92 / 40 30 30 0 DALHART TX 63 90 64 90 / 40 30 30 0 GUYMON OK 65 87 66 93 / 50 30 30 0 HEREFORD TX 63 91 65 88 / 30 30 30 0 LIPSCOMB TX 66 85 68 91 / 60 30 30 0 PAMPA TX 66 84 70 91 / 50 30 30 0 SHAMROCK TX 66 88 71 92 / 50 30 30 0 WELLINGTON TX 67 91 71 95 / 40 30 30 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 10:21 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 720 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 TXZ001-060100- DALLAM TX- 720 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DALLAM COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONLEN...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALHART...AT 720 PM CDT MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN DALLAM COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JORDAN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 802 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 TXZ001-002-060145- DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX- 802 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DALLAM AND SHERMAN COUNTIES... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM COUNTY OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF CONLEN AT 800 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AT UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM COUNTY AND AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND BAR DITCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS SLOW STORM MOVEMENT ALLOWS FOR GREATER RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS. JORDAN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 901 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 TXZ004-060245- OCHILTREE TX- 901 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN OCHILTREE COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PERRYTON AT 900 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A STORM SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED HEAVY PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF PERRYTON AT 9 PM. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN OCHILTREE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PERRYTON AND WOLF CREEK PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JORDAN
Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
924 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0917 PM TSTM WND GST KEYES 36.81N 102.25W
07/05/2005 60 MPH CIMARRON OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RNLocal storm report, Jul 5, 9:33 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
933 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 PM TSTM WND GST KEYES 36.81N 102.25W
07/05/2005 60 MPH CIMARRON OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KJSSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 10:14 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1014 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 TXZ007-060400- MOORE TX- 1014 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN MOORE COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF DUMAS AT 1014 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN MOORE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF DUMAS AND TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 287...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JORDAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 54 min |
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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.