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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2007, 11:04 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. 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 2, 2007, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Texas County, OK
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
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 2, 7:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 7:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 712 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 .AVIATION... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE DALHART AND AMARILLO TAF SITES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR THE CONVECTION...WHILE VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE THE CONVECTION. LIGHT NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS THROUGH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY. SCHNEIDER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007/ DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY SEEN ON SAT AND RADAR IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD SPREAD SOUTHWARD AND PROPOGATE INTO THE WESTERN CWA. MID AND UPPER FLOW TODAY SEEMS A BIT MORE NORTHERLY WHICH MAY KEEP THE CONVECTION A BIT FURTHER WEST THAN WHAT WAS NOTICED YESTERDAY. DEWPOINTS ARE ALSO A BIT LOWER THAN WHAT WAS SEEN YESTERDAY SO INSTABILITY SHOULD BE A BIT LESS...THOUGH STILL ENOUGH TO SEEM SOME OF THE CONVECTION TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. TOMORROW WILL BE MUCH LIKE TODAY WITH AFTERNOON MOUNTAIN CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PANHANDLES AGAIN. MONDAY NIGHT WILL SEE CONVECTION DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TO THE WEST...HOWEVER AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE IN CLOSER PROXIMITY CAUSING MORE WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW SPREADING CONVECTION FURTHER EAST. BY TUESDAY THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE AREA FINALLY KILLING PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AND USHERING IN A PERIOD OF WARMER TEMPERATURES. LOOKS AS THOUGH WE WILL FINALLY BREAK 90 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE WEEK HERE IN AMA. THE FRONT THAT YESTERDAYS GFS WAS SHOWING MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE NEXT WEEK IS NOW SHOWN BY BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF TO BE HOLDING UP IN KANSAS OR AT MOST THE NORTHERN CWA. AM NOW GAINING CONFIDENCE THAT THE FRONT WILL NOT MAKE IT INTO OUR CWA THANKS TO PROLONGED SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF A DIGGING TROUGH OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW MEANS HOT AND DRY FOR US THIS TIME OF YEAR...THOUGH I DID ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL SLIGHTLY THANKS TO LOWER HEIGHTS. HENNIG && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 11/02
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 11:02 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1102 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-031100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 1102 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THE REST OF TONIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ON SUNDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE LIMITED ACTIVATION THE REST OF TONIGHT. ANDRADE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1041 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 OKZ002-030415- TEXAS OK- 1041 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY... AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF EVA MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KRAMAR
Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:52 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1052 PM CDT SAT JUN 02 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM HAIL BOISE CITY 36.73N 102.51W
06/02/2007 E1.75 INCH CIMARRON OK PUBLIC
0820 PM HAIL 1 S BOISE CITY 36.72N 102.51W
06/02/2007 E1.50 INCH CIMARRON OK PUBLIC
MOSTLY QUARTERS SOME PING PONG BALL SIZE
0833 PM HAIL CANYON 34.98N 101.92W
06/02/2007 E0.75 INCH RANDALL TX AMATEUR RADIO
0834 PM HAIL CANYON 34.98N 101.92W
06/02/2007 E0.88 INCH RANDALL TX PUBLIC
RELAYED BY LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA
0837 PM HAIL 1 SW CANYON 34.97N 101.93W
06/02/2007 E1.75 INCH RANDALL TX AMATEUR RADIO
0837 PM HAIL 1 SW CANYON 34.97N 101.93W
06/02/2007 E1.75 INCH RANDALL TX PUBLIC
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL RELAYED BY LOCAL
BROADCAST MEDIA
0838 PM HAIL CANYON 34.98N 101.92W
06/02/2007 M1.00 INCH RANDALL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0842 PM HAIL CANYON 34.98N 101.92W
06/02/2007 E1.00 INCH RANDALL TX PUBLIC
PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL STILL FALLING AND BEGINNING
TO COVER THE GROUND
0842 PM HAIL 1 NW CANYON 34.99N 101.93W
06/02/2007 E1.75 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER TO GOLFBALL HAIL IN HUNSLEY HILLS
0845 PM HAIL 1 S CANYON 34.97N 101.92W
06/02/2007 E1.75 INCH RANDALL TX PUBLIC
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL RELAYED BY LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA
0856 PM HAIL CANYON 34.98N 101.92W
06/02/2007 E1.25 INCH RANDALL TX AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH SOME UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF
DOLLARS
0900 PM HAIL CANYON 34.98N 101.92W
06/02/2007 E1.75 INCH RANDALL TX AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH SOME UP TO THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS AT CANYON JR HIGH
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MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 91 min |
| Jun 3, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 65 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.