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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 19, 2007Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2007, 9:01 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 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 19, 2007, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
59 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 02:02 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3305 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3305 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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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 19, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
743 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

.AVIATION...
ONGOING STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WILL AFFECT THE AMARILLO AND
DALHART TAF SITES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL PUSH SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AND SHOULD AFFECT THE
GUYMON TAF SITE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG
ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ONCE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES CAUSING IFR TO MVFR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS
EVENING WILL BECOME SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS TUESDAY.

SCHNEIDER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 719 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007/

UPDATE...
WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING...QUICKLY UPDATED ZFP TO REMOVE
EVENING WORDING AND INCREASE POP CHANCES. COULD STILL SEE THE STORMS
LINGER INTO THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TIME FRAME.

JJB

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 534 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007/

UPDATE...
UPDATED FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE
WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 AM WEDNESDAY. THERE IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS IN KANSAS TO DEVELOP INTO AN MCS AND MOVE
SOUTH INTO THE PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT.

JJB

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007/

DISCUSSION...
19Z AMA SOUNDING THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS LOTS OF CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL IF
THE CAP CAN BE BROKEN. SOME CONVECTION IS TRYING TO GO IN SOUTHEAST
COLORADO AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WHERE A SURFACE TROUGH IS HELPING
TO FOCUS SOME VERTICAL MOTIONS. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH TONIGHT...WHERE THE CAP WILL BE THE WEAKEST...WILL BE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN CWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...A TORNADO CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CAPE AVAILABLE AND THE DIRECTIONAL
SHEAR AT HAND.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION...MAINLY ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES...THROUGH THE END OF THIS
WEEK. HOWEVER...WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ONLY BUILDING WITH TIME...
BELIEVE THE WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORMS AT
BAY...SO WILL NOT INSERT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST BEYOND
TONIGHT.

MAINLY KEPT WITH THE MEX NUMBERS FOR HIGHS AND LOWS AS THEY HAVE
COOLED A LITTLE OVER THE LAST FEW RUNS. SO CONFIDENCE IN THESE
NUMBERS HAS INCREASED GIVEN THE LATEST SYNOPTIC SITUATION.

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

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

&&

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

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
612 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-201100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
612 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

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

.DAY ONE...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR ALL
OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD BE READY
FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCHNEIDER

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:52 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
852 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

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

0837 PM     HAIL             9 ESE AMARILLO          35.15N 101.67W
06/19/2007  E1.50 INCH       RANDALL            TX   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED HALF DOLLAR TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL.

&&

JJB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith75 min
Jun 19, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall70 min
Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAPotter, Randall31 min
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAPotter, Randall2 hr
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith54 min
Jun 19, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson40 min
Jun 19, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb88 min
Jun 19, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree64 min
Jun 19, 10:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMALipscomb, Ochiltree3 hr
Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill55 min
Jun 19, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Wheeler76 min
Jun 19, 11:35 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley85 min
Jun 19, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth95 min
Jun 20, 1:16 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningAMAPotter, Randall73 min
Jun 19, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningAMATexas26 min
Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver51 min
Jun 19, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas90 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.