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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 21, 2006Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2006, 7:34 PM CDT for Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 21, 2006, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 21, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 2064 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.5

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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 21, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
245 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

.DISCUSSION...CONVECTION ALREADY BEGINNING TO INITIATE JUST TO OUR
NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON.  A FEW CELLS ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP
LONG THE SURFACE TROF AXIS AS WELL...BUT MORE IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. CURRENTLY...THIS BOUNDARY EXTENDS ROUGHLY FROM NEAR
LIBERAL TO TUCUMCARI. HAVE INCREASED POPS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA.  THERE MAY BE A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT (SEE THE SWODY1 FOR MORE SPECIFICS) AND WILL
MENTION THIS POSSIBILITY IN THE ZONES. DO NOT EXPECT THE SURFACE
FRONT TO CLEAR THE PANHANDLES OVERNIGHT. THINK THAT THIS BOUNDARY
WILL HANG UP JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST AND THEN WASH OUT ON THURSDAY WITH
PREDOMINATELY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS BY THE AFTERNOON.  WITH THIS
IN MIND...HAVE GONE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR THURSDAY MAX
TEMPS.  FRONT WILL MAKE ANOTHER APPEARANCE TOMORROW NIGHT AS NEXT
SHORTWAVE TROF EXITS THE ROCKIES.  IT APPEARS THAT MCS DEVELOPMENT IS
LIKELY WITH THIS FEATURE AS LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD BE QUITE
SUFFICIENT.  HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT TO LIKELY IN THE
NORTHEAST TO CHANCE IN THE SOUTHWEST.  WE ARE ONCE AGAIN IN THE
SLIGHT RISK FOR TOMORROW SO CANNOT RULE SEVERE WEATHER OUT AT THIS
TIME. THIS MCS SHOULD HELP TO PUSH THE FRONT THROUGH THE AREA BY
FRIDAY MORNING WITH WINDS QUICKLY SHIFTING NORTHEAST TO EAST DURING
THE DAY.  WITH ENHANCED UPSLOPE FLOW AND MARGINAL MOISTURE...HAVE
RETAINED THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. THE
COOLER MAV TEMPS ALSO LOOK DECENT SO WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR AT THE
MOMENT.

THE MID/UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL GENERALLY REMAIN TO OUR WEST...
CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWEST CONUS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD.   THIS WILL KEEP US IN NORTHWESTERLY (TO NORTHERLY)
FLOW ALOFT AND WILL PROVIDE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION
FOR MOST AFTERNOON/EVENING PERIODS. THE GFS/CANADIAN ARE BOTH
ADVERTISING ANOTHER WEAK FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES LATE
SUNDAY.  EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO HANG UP ACROSS THE AREA AND SERVE
AS ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR CONVECTION SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
AS WELL.  WITH THAT IN MIND...HAVE UNDERCUT THE MEX TEMPS SLIGHTLY
FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON.  BY TUESDAY...EXPECT A SLOW WARMING TREND
BACK INTO THE MID 90S AS THE RIDGE INCHES SLOW EAST AND H85 TEMPS
APPROACH 30C ONCE AGAIN.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                65  90  62  87 /  20  50  50  20
BEAVER OK                  67  87  64  89 /  50  60  60  20
BOISE CITY OK              63  87  61  86 /  40  60  60  20
BORGER TX                  69  92  69  89 /  30  60  60  20
BOYS RANCH TX              67  94  65  89 /  20  50  50  20
CANYON TX                  65  91  61  88 /  20  50  50  20
CLARENDON TX               69  91  66  87 /  20  50  50  20
DALHART TX                 66  91  62  86 /  30  50  50  20
GUYMON OK                  69  88  64  88 /  40  60  60  20
HEREFORD TX                66  91  62  88 /  20  40  40  20
LIPSCOMB TX                69  86  64  88 /  40  60  60  20
PAMPA TX                   67  89  65  85 /  30  60  60  20
SHAMROCK TX                69  90  67  88 /  30  60  60  20
WELLINGTON TX              69  92  68  88 /  30  60  60  20

&&

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

&&

JOHNSON

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
310 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-221100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
310 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

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

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THE
COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
OVER EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO...AN APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT INTO
NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES...SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE...AND AN APPROACHING MINOR UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
FROM EASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME
OF THE STORMS WHICH FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES AS A WEAK
COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT
WEEK. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME...ISOLATED STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL OF THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ANDRADE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
619 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

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

0604 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 W CLAUDE              35.11N 101.49W
06/21/2006  E60 MPH          ARMSTRONG          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EA

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
631 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

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

0630 PM     HAIL             TURPIN                  36.87N 100.88W
06/21/2006  E1.25 INCH       BEAVER             OK   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN TURPIN

&&

CK

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
634 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

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

0625 PM     HAIL             3 NW SPEARMAN           36.23N 101.23W
06/21/2006  E0.88 INCH       HANSFORD           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF REPORTED PENNY TO NICKLE HAIL IN CENTER OF
            COUNTY BETWEEN SPEARMAN AND GRUVER.

&&

JJB

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
634 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

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

0615 PM     HAIL             3 NW SPEARMAN           36.23N 101.23W
06/21/2006  E0.88 INCH       HANSFORD           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF REPORTED PENNY TO NICKEL HAIL IN CENTER OF
            COUNTY BETWEEN SPEARMAN AND GRUVER.

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME AND CURRENCY SPELLING

JJB/KRAMAR

Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:12 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
712 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

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

0711 PM     HAIL             TURPIN                  36.87N 100.88W
06/21/2006  E1.50 INCH       BEAVER             OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SO RELAYED REPORT OF 1 TO 2 INCH HAIL IN THE STORMS NEAR
            TURPIN.

&&

JJB

Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:21 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
721 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

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

0710 PM     TORNADO          15 NE SUNDRAY           36.17N 101.63W
06/21/2006                   SHERMAN            TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            NEAR ROADS 1060 AND HW 520 IN SE SHERMAN COUNTY MOVING
            INTO HANSFORD COUNTY.

&&

JJB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hansford	32 min
Jun 21, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford	60 min
Jun 21, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	58 min
Jun 21, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Roberts	39 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson	64 min
Jun 21, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.