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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 25, 2005Lipscomb County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2005, 2:23 AM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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: May 25, 2005, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2005, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 24, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 2265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 May 24, 11:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 11:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1127 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

.UPDATE...
UPDATED THE FORECAST PACKAGE TO INCREASE POPS MAINLY IN THE
NORTHEAST AS AN MCS MOVES INTO THE PANHANDLES FROM SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO AND SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. EASTERLY WINDS IN THE LOW LEVELS
ARE ADVECTING MOISTURE INTO THE AREA WHICH IS MAINTAINING ENOUGH
INSTABILITY TO KEEP THE THUNDERSTORMS GOING. STORM RELATIVE INFLOW
FAVORS THE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE SOUTHEAST WITH PERHAPS SOME
DEVELOPMENT ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE LINE. THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.

HENNIG

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 250 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005/

DISCUSSION...
INITIAL STABILITY LEVELS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. COOL AIR PACKED
BETWEEN WARM AIR ALOFT AND AT LOWER LEVELS WOULD POINT TO ANOTHER
THREAT FROM DAMAGING WINDS TONIGHT. THE TIMING OF THE MAIN ACTIVITY
FOR TONIGHT SEEMS TO BE LATER BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE NEXT
SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PLAN IS TO RAISE POPS
AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY AFFECTS OUR NORTHEAST AREAS FIRST
AND THEN MOVES SOUTHWARD. INDICATORS SHOW MOISTURE WRAPPING IN
BEHIND THE FRONT/BOUNDARY.

FOR WEDNESDAY...THE NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES AND BRINGS YET ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. SURFACE SYSTEM WILL PULL
TOGETHER INGREDIENTS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER...THIS TIME
FURTHER SOUTH IN THE AREA.

FOR THURSDAY...ALL INDICATORS SHOW SOMEWHAT LOWER TEMPERATURES AND
WILL LOWER THEM A FEW NOTCHES.

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. NORTHWEST FLOW
PERSISTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. A SYSTEM IS STILL TIMED FOR
THE SAT/SUN PERIOD.

&&

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

&&

15/10

Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 9:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
926 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-251100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
926 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

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

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEAST
TEXAS PANHANDLE. OTHERWISE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE PANHANDLES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND NIGHTTIME HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES SHOULD
STAY INFORMED CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH
TONIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND BE
PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION SHOULD HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOP.

GOEHRING

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 12:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1251 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

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

1248 AM     HAIL             5.5 WNW GUYMON          36.72N 101.57W
05/25/2005  1.75 INCH        TEXAS              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            40 TO 50 MPH WINDS REPORTED ALSO. VERY LITTLE RAIN.

&&

LG

Local storm report, May 25, 1:29 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
129 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

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

0102 AM     HAIL             GUYMON                  36.69N 101.48W
05/25/2005  1.00 INCH        TEXAS              OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LG

Special weather statement, May 25, 1:30 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
130 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

TXZ005-250700-
LIPSCOMB TX-
130 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN LIPSCOMB COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF DARROUZETT AT 130
AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN LIPSCOMB COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LIPSCOMB...
FOLLETT...AND HIGGINS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY.  LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Local storm report, May 25, 1:33 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
133 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

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

0133 AM     HAIL             HARDESTY                36.61N 101.19W
05/25/2005  0.88 INCH        TEXAS              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

LG

Local storm report, May 25, 1:35 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
135 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

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

0130 AM     HAIL             5 NW HARDESTY           36.67N 101.26W
05/25/2005  1.75 INCH        TEXAS              OK   MEDIA

&&

LG

Local storm report, May 25, 2:10 AM CDT, 13 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
May 25, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	52 min
May 24, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	93 min
May 25, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	50 min
May 25, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	56 min
May 25, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	38 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.