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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2008, 9:27 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 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 23, 2008, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2008, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Texas County, OK
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
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 23, 7:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 7:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 455 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-241100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 455 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NORTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PLEASE RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JOHNSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 811 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 TXZ002-240200- SHERMAN TX- 811 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY... AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SHERMAN COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 821 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 TXZ016-017-240200- DEAF SMITH TX-RANDALL TX- 821 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH AND RANDALL COUNTIES... AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH AND RANDALL COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANYON MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH AND RANDALL COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE CITY OF CANYON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:30 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 830 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 OKZ002-240215- TEXAS OK- 830 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY... AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF GUYMON...NEAR HOUGH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF GUYMON... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:37 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 839 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 TXZ008-240230- HUTCHINSON TX- 839 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HUTCHINSON COUNTY... AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF FRITCH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN HUTCHINSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BORGER...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 9:18 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.