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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 13, 2009Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2009, 8:54 PM CDT for Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 21 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 13, 2009, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2009-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2009-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-403 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
623 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT ALL THREE TAF SITES
THROUGH ABOUT 06Z SUNDAY WITH ERRATIC STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. MVFR
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. GENERALLY VFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY ONCE THE
THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE...HOWEVER SOME IFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE BETWEEN
10Z AND 15Z SUNDAY. WINDS GENERALLY EAST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AND
EARLY SUNDAY...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AFTER 14Z SUNDAY.

SCHNEIDER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 257 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009/

DISCUSSION...
FRONT REMAINS JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION. ACROSS THE REGION EASTERLY
WINDS WILL KEEP DEW POINT TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE 50 AND 60S
THROUGH TODAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL WARM LAYER BETWEEN 700
AND 800 MB...RESULTING IN LARGE VALUES OF CIN. HOWEVER...WITH
TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN THE UPPER 80S ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
REGION...EXPECT THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP BETWEEN 21
AND 00Z. WITH THE FRONT REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY...EXPECT THAT THE
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

WITH THE ONGOING CONVECTION...MOISTURE ADVECTION TOMORROW MORNING
COULD BE NEGLIGIBLE. THEREFORE...EXPECT AT LEAST A LULL IN
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR A FEW HOURS TOMORROW MORNING. THERE REMAINS
UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO THE WARM FRONT TOMORROW. WITH CONTINUED
CONVECTION...THIS WOULD FAVOR THE FRONT REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY.
HOWEVER BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW THE FRONT PUSHING BACK INTO THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. IF THE FRONT DOES EDGE FURTHER NORTH...INCREASED
MOISTURE ADVECTION...AND THUS INCREASED CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH BRINGS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. FEW CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED AS THERE
REMAINS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE AND PACIFIC LOW...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.

SJOHNSON

FIRE WEATHER...
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL REMAIN LOW TO MODERATE THROUGH THE
BEGINNING OF THE WEEK AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE
20 PERCENT AND CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. BY
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE AS A
WARMING TREND WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 15
PERCENT.

SJOHNSON

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

&&

14/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
504 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-141100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
504 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

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

.DAY ONE...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES. THE
PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE SUNDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT...AND
MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
SOME OF THE STORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE
PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL SECTIONS
OF THE PANHANDLES SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS TODAY.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD ALSO MONITOR
THE FORECAST AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

SCHNEIDER

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
853 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

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

0845 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W HOOKER              36.86N 101.23W
06/13/2009  M59 MPH          TEXAS              OK   MESONET

            59 MPH WIND IN HOOKER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA01514

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter56 min
Jun 13, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAGray24 min
Jun 13, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman63 min
Jun 13, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts37 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford55 min
Jun 14, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Potter, Randall63 min
Jun 14, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Donley53 min
Jun 14, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley, Gray23 min
Jun 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson64 min
Jun 14, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Randall56 min
Jun 14, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree47 min
Jun 13, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron39 min
Jun 13, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas63 min
Jun 13, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver38 min
Jun 13, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver41 min
Jun 13, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver58 min
Jun 13, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver32 min
Jun 13, 11:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMABeaver3 hr
Jun 13, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.