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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 4:19 PM CDT for Cimarron 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 19, 2008, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cimarron County, OK
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 19, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, 3:52 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:52 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 352 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 .DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLES. AS STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN THE HIGHLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR...THINKING THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS WITH ISOLATED SUPER CELLS THROUGH THE EVENING AND POSSIBLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO...ESPECIALLY AS THE CELLS INTERACT WITH THE BOUNDARIES MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE ROCKIES IN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO SHOULD TRAVEL WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND IMPACT THE PANHANDLES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. SO...ASIDE FROM SEVERE WEATHER...AM ALSO SOME WHAT CONCERNED FOR HEAVY RAINS AND LOCOLIZED FLOODING. HELD OFF ON A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW. SIMILAR SYNOPTIC PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. FEEL GRIDS MAY BE A BIT OVER POPULATED...BUT AT THE SAME TIME...THERE SEEMS TO BE FEW OBVIOUS DRY PERIODS WITHIN THE NEXT 5 DAYS. DID FEEL THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MAY SEE A BREAK IN ACTIVITY...BUT THAT MAY ALSO CHANGE. SEE NO REASON WHY MOUNTAIN CONVECTION WILL CEASE DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...AND WITH THE RIDGE SITTING IN A SIMILAR POSITION...EXPECT ANY ROCKY MOUNTAIN STORMS SHOULD PUSH INTO THE WESTERN ZONES. AT THE SAME TIME...MODELS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHORT WAVES THAT TRIGGER STORMS IN EASTERN COLORADO OR WESTERN KANSAS WHICH SHOULD ALSO BECOME DIRECTED BY THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. SO CAN NOT RULE OUT THE EASTERN PANHANDLES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EACH NEW MODEL RUN SEEMS TO SHY AWAY FROM MAKING MAJOR CHANGES TO THE RIDGE UNTIL THE DAY 6 OR 7 TIME FRAME...AT WHICH TIME THE GFS AND EURO ATTEMPT TO PUSH THE RIDGE SLIGHTLY FURTHER EAST AND INCREASE THE HEIGHTS. THIS WOULD FAVOR LOWER POP CHANCES FOR THE PANHANDLES...SO WILL AGAIN KEEP THE DAY 6 AND 7 TIME FRAME DRY. FURTHERMORE...EXPECT ANY DAY THAT PRODUCES THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE. NEED TO BEGIN SEVERE WEATHER OPS SO APOLOGIZE FOR THE ABREVIATED AFD...STUCK WITH GUIDANCE TEMPS FOR THE MOST PART. JJB && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS IN THE EXTENDED...OTHER THAN THUNDERSTORMS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 61 88 63 88 64 / 60 20 30 20 30 BEAVER OK 62 85 61 94 62 / 60 20 30 10 30 BOISE CITY OK 61 85 59 87 63 / 50 20 30 20 30 BORGER TX 66 87 66 89 68 / 60 20 30 20 30 BOYS RANCH TX 63 90 64 89 65 / 60 20 30 20 30 CANYON TX 61 89 62 87 62 / 60 20 30 20 30 CLARENDON TX 64 88 65 87 66 / 60 20 30 10 30 DALHART TX 61 87 61 87 61 / 50 20 30 20 30 GUYMON OK 62 87 63 90 64 / 60 20 30 20 30 HEREFORD TX 62 89 62 89 62 / 50 20 30 20 30 LIPSCOMB TX 63 86 63 89 62 / 60 20 30 10 30 PAMPA TX 64 85 64 87 68 / 60 20 30 10 30 SHAMROCK TX 66 88 66 89 66 / 60 20 30 5 30 WELLINGTON TX 67 89 67 90 68 / 60 20 30 5 30 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 14/08
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 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, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 4 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, 59 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
NUTTALLSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 4:02 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 402 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 TXZ013-014-192130- CARSON TX-GRAY TX- 402 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN CARSON AND CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES... AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSMILL MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN EASTERN CARSON AND CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PAMPA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JC
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:04 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 404 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 TXZ014-019-192130- DONLEY TX-GRAY TX- 404 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN DONLEY AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES... AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF HOWARDWICK MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN DONLEY AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JC
Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:11 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
411 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0407 PM HAIL 14 S FRITCH 35.44N 101.60W
06/19/2008 E1.00 INCH CARSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00645
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, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 58 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, 4:32 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.