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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 10, 2007Dallam County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2007, 11:22 PM CDT for Dallam County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
Jul 10, 2007, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2007, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dallam County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2007-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1173 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 2007-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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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 Jul 10, 9:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 9:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 1:00 PM CDT, 10 hours 22 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-111100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
100 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

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

.DAY ONE...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL TO
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS A SERIES OF MINOR UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS AFFECTS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE EACH DAY...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

BROST

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
544 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

TXZ012-102330-
POTTER TX-
544 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL POTTER COUNTY...

AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF AMARILLO IN CENTRAL
POTTER COUNTY MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN POTTER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
625 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

TXZ012-110015-
POTTER TX-
625 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN POTTER COUNTY...

AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMARILLO OVER EASTERN
POTTER COUNTY MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL
UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN POTTER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 9:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.