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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 24, 2010Armstrong County, Donley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2010, 8:09 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Donley County, 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
May 24, 2010, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2010, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Donley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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
May 24, 11:46 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 63 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 24, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:09 PM CDT, 4 hours before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
409 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-251100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
409 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

.DAY ONE...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN PANHANDLES...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED
TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE...WHICH WILL TRACK SLOWLY
EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS...
ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. AS
A RESULT...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT
DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN
ADDITION...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THROUGH THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS.

WYNNE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 24, 7:44 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
744 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NNE HIGGINS           36.14N 100.02W
05/24/2010  E70 MPH          LIPSCOMB           TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TREES KNOCKED OVER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1000537

JACKSON
Special weather statement, May 24, 7:47 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
747 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

TXZ018-019-250115-
ARMSTRONG TX-DONLEY TX-
747 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DONLEY AND ARMSTRONG
COUNTIES.

AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GOODNIGHT TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF HEDLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SJOHNSON
Local storm report, May 24, 8:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
800 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0800 PM     HAIL             HIGGINS                 36.12N 100.03W
05/24/2010  E1.00 INCH       LIPSCOMB           TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1000538

JACKSON
Local storm report, May 24, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
808 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0645 PM     HAIL             18 SE CANADIAN          35.73N 100.16W
05/24/2010  E1.75 INCH       HEMPHILL           TX   STORM CHASER

            APPROX 15 MILES EAST OF HWY 83 ON 33.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1000539

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb53 min
May 24, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree28 min
May 24, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree48 min
May 24, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Moore, Potter, Randall61 min
May 24, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler66 min
May 24, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree58 min
May 24, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Potter, Roberts59 min
May 24, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts67 min
May 24, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler55 min
May 24, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb, Ochiltree60 min
May 24, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson24 min
May 24, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Potter, Randall61 min
May 24, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson23 min
May 24, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler67 min
May 24, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray35 min
May 24, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson63 min
May 24, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall32 min
May 24, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson57 min
May 24, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall22 min
May 24, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Potter, Randall62 min
May 24, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Wheeler54 min
May 24, 11:53 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall37 min
May 24, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson, Donley, Gray, Roberts31 min
May 25, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter, Randall42 min
May 25, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Randall, Roberts66 min
May 25, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Wheeler30 min
May 25, 12:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall4 hr
May 25, 12:28 AM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson32 min
May 25, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Potter, Randall67 min
May 25, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Wheeler35 min
May 25, 12:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAPotter, Randall116 min
May 25, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler55 min
May 25, 1:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMACollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler4 hr
May 25, 2:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
May 25, 2:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMACarson, Gray3 hr
May 25, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall3 hr
May 25, 10:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAGray6 hr
May 25, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley43 min
May 25, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith39 min
May 25, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham63 min
May 25, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley59 min
May 25, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Oldham62 min
May 25, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley53 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.