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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 6, 2005Hansford County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 8:02 PM CDT for Hansford County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 6, 2005, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hansford County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 1812 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.7

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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 6, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
315 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

.DISCUSSION...
TSTMS DEVELOPING AT THIS TIME ALONG DRYLN THRU ERN NM TO NWRN KS.
HAVE BOOSTED POPS FOR TNGT OVR WRN 2/3 OF FCST AREA...AND HAVE
MENTIONED PSBL SVR IN ALL BUT FAR ERN TX PNHDL.  RICH MSTR/HIGH
INSTBY IN PLACE WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES ALSO.  EXPECT SCT TSTMS TO
DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO WRN 2/3 OF PNHDLS TNGT AS SHORT WAVE TROF
APPROACHES IN SW FLOW ALOFT AND LOW LVL JET DEVELOPS OVER ERN ZONES.

KEPT 20 PCT POPS GOING FOR ERN ZONES ON TUE AFTN/EVE...BUT EXPANDED
AFFECTED AREA WWD A BIT.  DRYLN EXPECTED TO SET UP DURING TUE AFTN
OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS.  ON WED...HAVE INTRODUCED SLGT CHC POPS FOR
ERN ZONES...WHERE DEEP RICH MSTR STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN DURING
AFTN AND EVE.

SWLY SFC WINDS BEHIND DRYLN ON TUE...WED...AND THU...WITH ASSOCIATED
REDUCED CLOUD COVERAGE...LEAD US TO INCREASE MAX TEMPS A BIT.

HAVE DELAYED WED WIND SHIFT...AS CDFNT LOOKS AS IF IT MAY NOT HAVE
IMPACT ON PNHDLS ON WED.  LOW-MID LVL MSTR SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF
FCST AREA...SO DRY FCST KEPT GOING FOR THU.  MSTR RETURNS TO WARRANT
CONTINUING SLGT CHC POPS ON FRI AFTN/NGT.

HAVE INTRODUCED SLGT CHC TSTMS ALL ZONES SAT AFTN/EVE DUE TO EXPECTED
MSTR RETURN.  HAVE INTRODUCED SLGT CHC TSTMS ERN ZONES SUN AFTN/EVE
WHERE DEEPER MSTR EXPECTED TO REMAIN.

COCKRELL

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                62  92  62  91 /  30  20  20  10
BEAVER OK                  68  96  63  96 /  20  20  20  20
BOISE CITY OK              59  91  57  90 /  40  10  10  10
BORGER TX                  67  95  67  94 /  30  20  20  20
BOYS RANCH TX              63  94  61  92 /  40  10  10  10
CANYON TX                  63  93  61  92 /  40  10  10  10
CLARENDON TX               67  93  67  94 /  30  20  20  20
DALHART TX                 61  92  59  90 /  40  10  10  10
GUYMON OK                  64  95  61  94 /  30  10  10  10
HEREFORD TX                63  93  60  92 /  40  10  10  10
LIPSCOMB TX                68  96  66  96 /  20  20  20  20
PAMPA TX                   67  93  66  93 /  30  20  20  20
SHAMROCK TX                68  96  68  95 /  20  20  20  20
WELLINGTON TX              69  95  69  95 /  20  20  20  20

&&

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

&&

10/03

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
255 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-071100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
255 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

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

.DAY ONE...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PANHANDLES LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE
PRIMARY THREAT COMING FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...
BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL REQUIRE A CAUTION ON AREA LAKES THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE...WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREA-WIDE FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS EARLY THIS
WEEK AND AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVATION.

HENNIG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:33 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
733 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0656 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW STRATFORD          36.29N 102.14W
06/06/2005                   SHERMAN            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5 POWER POLES DOWN WIRES ON ROAD

&&

RTW

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:34 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
734 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TXZ016-070100-
DEAF SMITH TX-
734 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DEAF SMITH COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF SIMMS AT 734 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN DEAF SMITH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF HEREFORD...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND
REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:42 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
742 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0741 PM     TSTM WND GST     GUYMON                  36.69N 101.48W
06/06/2005  61 MPH           TEXAS              OK   SFC. OBS.

&&

RTW

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:55 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
755 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND GST     GOODWELL                36.59N 101.63W
06/06/2005  67 MPH           TEXAS              OK   SFC. OBS.

&&

RTW

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:57 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
757 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0756 PM     TSTM WND GST     GOODWELL                36.59N 101.63W
06/06/2005  76 MPH           TEXAS              OK   SFC. OBS.

&&

MK

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:59 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
759 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0758 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GUYMON                  36.69N 101.48W
06/06/2005                   TEXAS              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF

&&

MK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	43 min
Jun 6, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray	59 min
Jun 6, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray	73 min
Jun 6, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	40 min
Jun 6, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	63 min
Jun 6, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	66 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.