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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2012, 2:17 AM CDT for Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
- Oct 13, 2012, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2012, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Oldham County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 13, 12:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 12:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1030 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-131100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 1030 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO BREEZY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE LIMITED ACTIVATION TONIGHT. ANDRADE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 11:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1116 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 OKZ001-130445- CIMARRON OK- 1116 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CIMARRON COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF BOISE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CIMARRON COUNTY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3700 10206 3674 10244 3688 10259 3700 10243 TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 228DEG 39KT 3687 10243 14
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 11:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 33 min |
| Oct 12, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 35 min |
| Oct 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Sherman | 60 min |
| Oct 13, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 61 min |
| Oct 13, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 42 min |
| Oct 13, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 32 min |
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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.