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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 5, 2009Carson County, Potter County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2009, 10:57 PM CDT for Carson County, Potter County, Texas. 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 5, 2009, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carson County, TX, Potter County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 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 5, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 20 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: 479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 5, 10:37 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:37 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 1:00 PM CDT, 9 hours 57 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2009

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-061100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2009

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

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN
THREATS.

IN ADDITION...BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THEREFORE...BOATERS ARE URGED
TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

FOR SATURDAY...DRY...WARM AND WINDY WEATHER COULD RESULT IN CRITICAL
FIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES. THEREFORE...A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PANHANDLES SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE
AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

NUNEZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
925 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 2009

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

0925 PM     HAIL             2 E WHITE DEER          35.43N 101.14W
06/05/2009  E1.00 INCH       CARSON             TX   PUBLIC

0925 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E WHITE DEER          35.43N 101.14W
06/05/2009  E65 MPH          CARSON             TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA01468
EVENT NUMBER AMA01469

SMB

Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
932 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 2009

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

0932 PM     HAIL             4 ENE WHITE DEER        35.45N 101.11W
06/05/2009  E1.75 INCH       CARSON             TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA01470

SMB

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:58 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
958 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2009

TXZ018-019-060345-
ARMSTRONG TX-DONLEY TX-
958 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS DONLEY AND ARMSTRONG COUNTIES...

AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GOODNIGHT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLAUDE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS NEAR GREENBELT LAKE MAY ALSO
BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM.

HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

JJB

Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:19 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:30 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 10:42 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	42 min
Jun 5, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter	49 min
Jun 5, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Potter	60 min
Jun 5, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Sherman	59 min
Jun 5, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson	38 min
Jun 5, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree and 3 more	58 min
Jun 5, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray	34 min
Jun 5, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray	58 min
Jun 5, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	67 min
Jun 5, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	29 min
Jun 5, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Wheeler	42 min
Jun 5, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore	36 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.