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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 3:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 19, 2008, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 19, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 800 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
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, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 104 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 .AVIATION... MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS AS CURRENT DEVELOPMENT SPREADS SOUTH AND EAST. CONVERGENCE LINE WAS SWEEPING SLOWLY WEST...AND WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR PROLONGED STORM DEVELOPMENT. WE KEPT THEM IN THE EVENING FOR THE TAF SITES. NUNEZ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1250 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008/ UPDATE... ANOTHER QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE POP CHANCES ACROSS THE EAST AND ALSO LOWERED HIGH TEMPS IN THE NORTHEAST. JJB PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1006 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008/ UPDATE... MADE A QUICK UPDATE TO THE ZONES TO ADJUST POPS FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING DUE TO THE CLEARING TAKING PLACE ON RADAR. COMPLEX IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS PROGGED TO MOVE MORE SOUTHERLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND MAY CATCH THE NORTHWEST CWA BY 18Z. THINKING THE BETTER SHOT WILL COME AFTER 18Z THOUGH AS THE COMPLEX DIGS FURTHER SOUTH. 12Z NAM SOLUTION INITIALIZED A FEW HOURS TOO SLOW AND A HUNDRED MILES TOO FAR WEST...THUS THE NAM12 BRINGS THE COMPLEX SOUTH ACROSS A LARGER PORTION OF THE CWA THAN WHAT CURRENT RADAR TRENDS WOULD SUGGEST. SO ADJUSTED THE 18Z TO 00Z POP GRID TO HIGHLIGHT THE NORTH AND EASTERN PANHANDLES AS THE FAVORED AREAS FOR PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON. JJB PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 642 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008/ AVIATION... MODELS ARE STILL HINTING ABOUT LOW CEILINGS AT THE TAF SITES. WITH SUBSIDENCE OR DOWNWARD MOTION WEST OF THE CURRENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...CONFIDENCE IS LOW. THEREFORE...WE CHANGED TO A PREVAILING SCATTERED LAYER WITH A TEMPO CEILING. LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS RETURN ALMOST LIKE CLOCKWORK. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. NUNEZ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 349 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008/ DISCUSSION... IT APPEARS NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL RULE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS FORECAST CYCLE...ALTHOUGH SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AT THE END OF THE FORECAST. CURRENT MCS CONTINUES TO PUSH TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA WITH CONTINUED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PANHANDLE. CARRIED ISOLATED POPS ACROSS THERE FOR THIS MORNING AND SHOULD SEE THE ACTIVITY TAPER OFF SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. MODELS DIFFER A BIT ON THE FORECASTED MCS FOR TONIGHT WITH THE NAM PEGGING THE SOUTH CENTRAL TX PANHANDLE WHILE THE GFS ONCE AGAIN HITS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES HARD. DECIDED TO CARRY LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE EAST WHILE LEAVING EVERYONE ELSE WITH HIGH END CHANCE. SEVERE WEATHER ONCE AGAIN LIKELY AND HAVE ADDED THIS WORDING AS WELL. WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...HAVE CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST AREA. FROM MONDAY ON...POP FORECAST IS A BIT MORE TRICKY AS THE GFS CONTINUES TO KEEP NORTHWESTERLY FLOW REGIME IN PLACE WHILE THE ECMWF FINALLY SLIDES THE RIDGE OVER THE REGION. CANADIAN MODEL SEEMS TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BY NOT BUILDING THE RIDGE QUITE AS STRONG OVER THE PANHANDLES AND ALLOWING WEAK SHORTWAVES TO MOVE OVER THE AREA AS WELL. DID BUMP POPS MONDAY NIGHT TO BARELY UNDER SLIGHT CHANCE AS THIS COULD BE A TRANSITION DAY OUT OF NWLY FLOW TO HIGH PRESSURE...BUT ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY IS STILL THERE TO KEEP ME FROM YANKING POPS ALL TOGETHER. AS FOR TEMPS...GENERALLY AT OR A TAD ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MAV/MEX/MET NUMBERS WERE ALL IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT. AGAIN...TEMPS FOR MONDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE FCST ARE A BIT MORE TRICKY BECAUSE IF THE ECMWF VERIFIES...IT WILL BE A RETURN TO HOT AND DRY WHILE THE GFS SOLUTION CONTINUES TO FAVOR SEASONABLE TEMPS WITH DECENT PRECIP CHANCES LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. JORDAN FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AS PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAIN HIGH...BOTH OF WHICH WILL HELP ALLEVIATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. JORDAN && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 08/14
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 2:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 216 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 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- 216 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 578 UNTIL 9 PM ACROSS CIMARRON AND TEXAS COUNTIES IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND ALL BUT THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLES. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. ALSO...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL REQUIRE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH SUNDAY...AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. NUNEZ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 239 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 TXZ007-192015- MOORE TX- 239 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTY... AT 239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE MEREDITH MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:02 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 302 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 TXZ008-009-013-014-192045- CARSON TX-GRAY TX-HUTCHINSON TX-ROBERTS TX- 302 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN CARSON...NORTHWESTERN GRAY... SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES... AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SKELLYTOWN MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN CARSON...NORTHWESTERN GRAY...SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PAMPA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:05 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
305 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM HAIL FRITCH 35.64N 101.60W
06/19/2008 E1.75 INCH HUTCHINSON TX PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00642
NUTTALLLocal storm report, Jun 19, 3:15 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
315 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0311 PM HAIL FRITCH 35.64N 101.60W
06/19/2008 E0.88 INCH HUTCHINSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00643
JMLocal storm report, Jun 19, 3:20 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
320 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0316 PM HAIL FRITCH 35.64N 101.60W
06/19/2008 E1.00 INCH HUTCHINSON TX PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00644
NUTTALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 91 min |
| Jun 18, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman | 84 min |
| Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 96 min |
| Jun 18, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 80 min |
| Jun 18, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Wheeler | 94 min |
| Jun 19, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 94 min |
| Jun 19, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Moore, Potter | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 114 min |
| Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Potter, Randall | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley, Randall | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 54 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.