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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 16, 2010Dallam County, Sherman County, Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2010, 6:51 PM CDT for Dallam County, Sherman County, Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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 16, 2010, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 386 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2010-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2010-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-302 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley61 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.