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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2010, 6:47 PM CDT for Carson County, Gray 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2010, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2010, 7:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carson County, TX, Gray County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
394 WUUS54 KAMA 222347 SVRAMA TXC065-179-230045- /O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0021.100422T2347Z-100423T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 647 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SKELLYTOWN TO WHITE DEER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAMPA... SKELLYTOWN... WHITE DEER... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. && LAT...LON 3562 10062 3544 10084 3525 10117 3559 10123 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 261DEG 31KT 3558 10113 3544 10112 $$ JJB
2 follow-up statements
510 WWUS54 KAMA 230013 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 713 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010 TXC065-230023- /O.CAN.KAMA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100423T0045Z/ CARSON TX- 713 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CARSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3544 10084 3550 10092 3560 10103 3562 10062 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 261DEG 31KT 3562 10085 3548 10084 $$ TXC179-230045- /O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100423T0045Z/ GRAY TX- 713 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY... AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAMPA TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAMPA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAMPA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. && LAT...LON 3544 10084 3550 10092 3560 10103 3562 10062 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 261DEG 31KT 3562 10085 3548 10084 $$ JJB
377 WWUS54 KAMA 230020 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 720 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010 TXC179-230030- /O.CAN.KAMA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100423T0045Z/ GRAY TX- 720 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. LAT...LON 3544 10084 3550 10092 3560 10103 3562 10062 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 261DEG 31KT 3563 10078 3549 10077 $$ JJB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Oldham | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Sherman | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray | 93 min |
| Apr 22, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Randall | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 5:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 47 min |
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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.