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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2005, 10:04 PM CDT for Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2005, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Oldham County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 310306 SVRAMA TXC359-310345- /O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0073.050531T0304Z-050531T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1004 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN OLDHAM COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OLDHAM COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF NARA VISA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3562 10300 3519 10302 3519 10268 3562 10266 $$ KRAMAR
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KAMA 310336 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1036 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 TXC359-310345- /O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-050531T0345Z/ OLDHAM TX- 1036 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN OLDHAM COUNTY... AT 1033 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADRIAN...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF VEGA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. LAT...LON 3534 10301 3519 10302 3519 10268 3540 10266 $$ KRAMAR
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 30, 3:20 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:20 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 320 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 .DISCUSSION... AMPLE UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST COLORADO WITH AREA OF LIFT AHEAD IMPINGING ON NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. UNLIKE PAST DAYS...SHEAR WILL BE INCREASED...WITH 25 TO 30KT DETECTED AT 500MB ON GRANADA PROFILER...AND 40 TO 45KT APPARENT ON AZTEC PROFILER HEADING EAST. SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ALLOWING DECENT UPSLOPE SURFACE FLOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA. CAVEAT ON STORMS TODAY WILL BE RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF CLOUD COVER... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES. TEMPERATURES ONLY NEAR 60 IN CIMARRON COUNTY...BUT CLOUDS ERODING SLOWLY. THAT SAID...STORMS ARE FORMING ON THE RATON PASS IN NEW MEXICO AND WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT ORGANIZED UPDRAFTS AS THE MIDLEVEL FLOW INCREASES AND WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY THIS EVENING AIDED BY THE UPPER SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY POP UP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ALONG THERMAL/MOISTURE GRADIENTS OR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. INITIALLY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. COULD SEE MCS DEVELOP FROM THIS CONVECTION TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WIND THREAT INCREASING OVERNIGHT. SURFACE LOW MAY PULL FRONT SOUTH SLIGHTLY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON... WITH GREATEST STORM THREAT IN THE SOUTHEAST...SO ADJUSTED POPS ACCORDINGLY. CAN NOT RULE OUT PRECIP IN THE NORTHWEST...BUT BY COMPARISON SHOULD BE LESS OF A THREAT. WEAK SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN...WITH ATTENDANT UPSLOPE DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY...BUT LEE TROUGH REDEVELOPS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING... RETURNING FLOW TO SOUTHEASTERLY. THEREAFTER...MODELS CONTINUE TO FORECAST A RETURN TO MORE SPRINGLIKE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BEGINNING THURSDAY. DRYLINE/SURFACE TROUGH STORM SCENARIOS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND AFTER...SO TAILORED BROADBRUSH 20S TO A MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN PATTERN. CANNOT ARGUE WITH EARLIER SHIFTS REGARDING CAPPING CONCERNS WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW ADVECTING IN VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND MEXICO. SO DID NOT ALTER INHERITED 10S BEGINNING THE WEEKEND PERIODS...BUT IF IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT CAPPING WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE...THEN THESE PERIODS MAY NEED TO BE EVALUATED FOR INTRODUCTION OF PRECIP CHANCES. ALSO ADJUSTED DEWPOINT GRIDS AND MIN TEMPS...ESPECIALLY SHORT TERM... TO REFLECT CURRENT VALUES AND TRENDS. IF MCS DEVELOPS TONIGHT AS FORECAST...DEWPOINTS MAY DECREASE BY 12Z TUESDAY...BUT SHOULD RECOVER SOME BY AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 59 78 57 80 / 50 30 50 20 BEAVER OK 57 74 59 78 / 40 30 40 20 BOISE CITY OK 57 73 54 78 / 50 30 40 20 BORGER TX 58 78 58 82 / 50 30 50 20 BOYS RANCH TX 58 78 57 80 / 50 30 50 20 CANYON TX 59 79 57 81 / 50 30 50 20 CLARENDON TX 60 80 60 82 / 40 30 50 20 DALHART TX 57 76 55 80 / 50 30 50 20 GUYMON OK 58 75 58 79 / 50 30 40 20 HEREFORD TX 59 81 57 83 / 50 20 50 20 LIPSCOMB TX 58 76 59 80 / 40 30 50 20 PAMPA TX 59 76 59 81 / 50 30 50 20 SHAMROCK TX 59 78 60 83 / 40 30 50 20 WELLINGTON TX 61 80 62 84 / 40 30 50 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && KRAMAR
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 9:47 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 947 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-311100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 947 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES UNTIL 3 AM CDT... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. HEAVY RAINS FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PASSING OVER THE SAME AREA WILL ALSO POSE A THREAT...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS OF THE WESTERN PANHANDLES WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN THE PAST FEW DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AGAIN BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. WESTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE... ALLOWING WEAK DISTURBANCES TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOST LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND EASTERN COLORADO...AND THEN MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY ALERT CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH TUESDAY...AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION SHOULD HAZARDOUS WEATHER BECOME LIKELY. COCKRELL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 538 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 TXZ011-302330- OLDHAM TX- 538 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN OLDHAM COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADRIAN AT 538 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KRAMAR
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 821 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 TXZ006-310200- HARTLEY TX- 821 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HARTLEY COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL HARTLEY COUNTY AT 821 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KRAMAR
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 857 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 OKZ001-310230- CIMARRON OK- 857 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CIMARRON COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOISE CITY AT 857 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SLATTERY
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 859 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 TXZ006-310245- HARTLEY TX- 859 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HARTLEY COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF HARTLEY AT 859 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF ROMERO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY...WITH ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE. KRAMAR
Special weather statement, May 30, 9:47 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 947 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 TXZ011-310330- OLDHAM TX- 947 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN OLDHAM COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES WEST OF ADRIAN AT 947 PM CDT...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KRAMAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 54 min |
| May 31, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 54 min |
| May 31, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 64 min |
| May 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 45 min |
| May 31, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 57 min |
| May 31, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 46 min |
| May 31, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 67 min |
| May 31, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 64 min |
| May 31, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 54 min |
| May 31, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 53 min |
| May 31, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 45 min |
| May 31, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 38 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.