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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 24, 2008Wheeler County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2008, 12:42 AM CDT for Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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: May 24, 2008, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2008, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 4602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 24, 12:12 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 12:12 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 9:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
910 PM CDT FRI MAY 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-
910 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

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

.DAY ONE...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE
EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE
PANHANDLES THIS EVENING AS A PACIFIC FRONT INTERACTS WITH THE
EXISTING DRYLINE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE CAPROCK. ANY STORMS THAT
FORM WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES.

ADDITIONALLY...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES OWING TO EXPECTED
BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS MOISTURE FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO MOVES INTO THE REGION...A DRYLINE BECOMES ESTABLISHED
ACROSS THE PANHANDLES...AND SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
DISTURBANCES PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ANY OF THESE DAYS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE PANHANDLES ON SATURDAY AS WELL. AS A RESULT...A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

.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 TUESDAY EVENING.

NUNEZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 10:42 PM CDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1042 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

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

1041 PM     HAIL             5 NE GLAZIER            36.06N 100.20W
05/23/2008  E1.00 INCH       HEMPHILL           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00249

CK

Local storm report, May 23, 10:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1046 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

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

0910 PM     HAIL             1 E ELMWOOD             36.62N 100.50W
05/23/2008  E1.00 INCH       BEAVER             OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

CORRECTED LOCATION

EVENT NUMBER 00237

CK

Local storm report, May 23, 11:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1105 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

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

1103 PM     HAIL             HIGGINS                 36.12N 100.03W
05/23/2008  E2.75 INCH       LIPSCOMB           TX   CITY OFFICIAL

            MOSTLY PENNY SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW TO THE SIZE OF
            BASEBALLS

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00250

CK

Local storm report, May 23, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1129 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

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

1120 PM     HAIL             1 E HIGGINS             36.12N 100.01W
05/23/2008  E1.00 INCH       LIPSCOMB           TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00251

CK

Local storm report, May 24, 12:13 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1213 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

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

1200 AM     HAIL             WHEELER                 35.44N 100.27W
05/24/2008  E0.88 INCH       WHEELER            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            OBSERVED ON WEST SIDE OF WHEELER. QUARTER INCH HAIL
            OBSERVED ON EAST SIDE OF WHEELER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00252

KRAMAR

Local storm report, May 24, 12:21 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1221 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

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

1218 AM     HAIL             5 E WHEELER             35.44N 100.19W
05/24/2008  E2.50 INCH       WHEELER            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL TO LEMON SIZE HAIL REPORTED VIA SHERIFFS
            OFFICE

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00253

KRAMAR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	62 min
May 23, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb	66 min
May 23, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb	14 min
May 23, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Hemphill, Wheeler	55 min
May 24, 4:40 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	AMA	Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more	24 hr
May 24, 4:40 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more	16 hr
May 23, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	59 min
May 23, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver	26 min
May 23, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	30 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.