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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2008, 7:24 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 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 8, 2008, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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 8, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
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 8, 6:56 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:56 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 656 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 .AVIATION... COLD FRONT PLAYING HAVOC WITH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS FRONT HAS TEMPORARILY LIFTED NWD PAST KAMA AS SEEN BY RETURN TO GUSTY SW WINDS. FRONT TEMPORARILY STATIONARY ACROSS NRN TX PNHDL AND SHOULD PUSH SWD AGAIN LATER THIS EVENING...AND NEW TAFS WRITTEN WITH THIS VIEWPOINT IN MIND. MOST OF THE PRECIP HAS BEEN WELL E OF TAF SITES AND NOT SURE HOW MUCH WILL AFFECT THEM...SO HAVE ONLY INCLUDED CB MENTION AT THIS TIME. WILL CLOSELY MONITOR RADAR TRENDS THIS EVENING WITH AMENDMENTS PSBL. EXPECT POST FRONTAL LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP LATE TNGT AND EARLY MONDAY...THEN ERODING FAIRLY QUICKLY TOWARDS LATE MONDAY MORNING. ANDRADE && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008/ DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT LYING ACROSS TX PNHDL WITH TCU READILY SEEN ON VISIBLE SATELLITE. HAVE INCREASED POPS TNGT OVER SERN HALF OF FCST AREA DUE TO EXPECTED POSITION OF COLD FRONT AND STRONG MSTR FLUX CONVERGENCE ANTICIPATED WITH SECONDARY SURGE. HAVE RETAINED MENTION OF SVR TSTMS TNGT...AND HAVE CALLED FOR HEAVY RAIN IN ERN ZONES...WHERE HAVE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED HAIL AND WIND THREAT. ON MON...HAVE INCREASED POPS OVER ERN ZONES...AND HAVE SPREAD FARTHER W DUE TO SLOWER MOVEMENT OF MID-LEVEL TROF. MON EXPECTED TO BE MUCH COOLER IN POST FRONTAL AMS. SELY WINDS RESUME LATE MON AFTN...THEN SWLY AND SLY WINDS INCREASE ON TUE AND WED AS SFC TROF/DRYLINE DEVELOP. HAVE RETAINED LOW POPS WED AFTN AND WED EVE ACROSS ERN ZONES...WHERE DRYLINE MAY BECOME ACTIVE. NEW GFS DEPICTS FROPA WED NGT...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WEAK FROPA THU NGT. NO POPS WITH THESE FEATURES. ELY AND SELY WINDS RESUME FRI AND SAT. 03 COCKRELL FIRE WEATHER... EXPECTING GOOD COVERAGE OF WETTING RAINS THRU TNGT...BUT LIGHTNING MAY POSE PROBLEMS. WINDS ON MON EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE... INCREASING SLIGHTLY DURING AFTN AND EVE. TUE AND WED EXPECTED TO BE WINDY. RH VALUES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 15 PCT ON TUE...BUT MAY FALL INTO CRITICAL VALUES ON WED. VARYING WINDS WITH FROPA WED NGT AND THU NGT EXPECTED TO NOT BE OF EXCESSIVE SPEEDS. INCREASING SELY WINDS ON SAT WILL BE MOIST. 03 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 254 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-091100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 254 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 10 PM CDT. A COLD FRONT OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO LIFT BACK NORTH THIS EVENING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT WHERE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL HELP FUEL THE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS HOWEVER WIND SHEAR BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES AS WELL. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ALSO CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. KRAUSE
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 8, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 9:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 84 min |
| Jun 8, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts, Wheeler | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Roberts | 17 min |
| Jun 8, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 10:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 4 more | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Roberts and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 103 min |
| Jun 8, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill and 2 more | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 12:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:10 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 11 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:10 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more | 24 hr |
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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.