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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2013, 11:40 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 65 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, 2013, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2013, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 16, 6:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 631 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 .AVIATION.../00Z TAFS/ HAVE MODERATE CONFIDENCE OF VCTS AT KDHT AND KGUY, BUT CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO TIMING IS ON THE LOW SIDE. IF THERE IS A DIRECT IMPACT FROM TSRA, BRIEF LIFR CONDITIONS, GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 KT, AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. BELIEVE KAMA WILL MISS ANY TSRA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THEY SHOULD BE EAST OF THE TERMINAL. TSRA WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AFTER 21Z ON MONDAY, BUT SINCE THEY WILL BE ISOLATED, CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. HAVE MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE OF IFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS AT ALL TERMINALS 07Z-18Z. VFR CONDITIONS RETURN BY 18Z. JACKSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013/ SHORT TERM... THE FOCUS REMAINS ON THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. THROUGH TONIGHT...COULD SEE AN INITIAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING DEVELOPING ALONG REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WITH SOME AREAS STILL 5 F DEGREES BELOW THE CONVECTIVE TEMP...AND LIMITED CONFIDENCE OF HIGHER TERRAIN STORMS MOVING INTO THE PANHANDLES...AM NOT CERTAIN HOW WIDESPREAD THE COVERAGE WILL BE FOR THIS ROUND. STILL A HIGHER CHANCE FOR STORMS LOOKS TO COME WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT. MANY OF THE HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS SHOW THIS MCS COULD PRIMARILY STAY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE REGION IN DEEPER MOISTURE. HOWEVER...WAS HESITANT TO LOWER POPS IN THE AREA GIVEN A STILL UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE EVEN LATE TONIGHT. TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT...ONE DIFFERENCE TOMORROW FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS IS THAT IT MAY TAKE LONGER FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION TO BEGIN IN A POST FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT WITH CONSIDERABLY HIGHER CIN VALUES THAN TODAY. OTHERWISE...THE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION AFTER SUNSET AS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH SLIDES OVER THE REGION. TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...COULD SEE ONE MORE ROUND OF CONVECTION WITH THE LAST IN THIS SERIES OF TROUGHS THAT SLIDES OVER THE RIDGE. HOWEVER...BY THIS POINT THE RIDGE MAY BE BUILDING ENOUGH THAT THE LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE MAY INHIBIT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. FOR NOW...STAYED CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. LONG TERM... RIDGE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS THURSDAY...BUT CERTAINLY BY THE WEEKEND. THIS SHOULD LEAVE THE REGION IN SOUTHWEST FLOW. UNDER THIS PATTERN...COULD SEE OFF AND ON RAIN CHANCES WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS EMBEDDED IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW. HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY HOWEVER...GIVEN UNCERTAINTY IN HOW QUICKLY THE RIDGE WILL SLIDE EAST...AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL SHORT WAVE TROUGHS. JOHNSON FIRE WEATHER... RECENT RAINS AND GREEN UP...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE 20 PERCENT SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. JOHNSON && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && JJ/JC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 912 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-171100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 912 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE...STRONG WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAVER COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND LIPSCOMB COUNTY TEXAS UNTIL 2 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. COCKRELL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
934 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM HAIL 2 N HOOKER 36.89N 101.21W
06/16/2013 E1.00 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300638
ABMLocal storm report, Jun 16, 9:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
954 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0953 PM HAIL 1 W GUYMON 36.69N 101.50W
06/16/2013 E1.00 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300639
COCKRELLSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 10:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1001 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 TXZ001-002-006-007-011-012-170330- DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-SHERMAN TX- 1001 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN POTTER...OLDHAM...WESTERN MOORE...HARTLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 957 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF DALHART TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROMERO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VEGA... DALHART... HARTLEY... CHANNING... CACTUS... BOYS RANCH... ADRIAN... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 35. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3612 10197 3523 10228 3529 10302 3628 10263 TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 320DEG 25KT 3611 10253 3556 10282 JACKSON
Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1020 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM HAIL GUYMON 36.69N 101.48W
06/16/2013 E1.50 INCH TEXAS OK PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300640
ABMSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 11:19 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1119 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
TXZ011>013-016-017-170515-
CARSON TX-DEAF SMITH TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-
1119 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME WESTERN CARSON...NORTHERN
RANDALL...POTTER...SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM AND NORTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH
COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...
AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
MASTERSON TO 2 MILES WEST OF WILDORADO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANYON... AMARILLO... LAKE TANGLEWOOD...
BUSHLAND... TIMBERCREEK CANYON...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 104 AND 123.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 82.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3542 10162 3495 10165 3494 10203 3517 10237
3555 10187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 305DEG 17KT 3548 10190 3520 10226
JACKSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 11:23 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1123 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
TXZ011-016-170530-
DEAF SMITH TX-OLDHAM TX-
1123 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OLDHAM AND DEAF SMITH COUNTIES
UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...
AT 1121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ROMERO TO 2 MILES EAST OF ADRIAN TO 7 MILES WEST OF SIMMS TO 7
MILES SOUTH OF GLENRIO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VEGA... WILDORADO... SIMMS...
DAWN... BOYS RANCH... ADRIAN...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 51.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3515 10304 3530 10281 3561 10282 3561 10217
3520 10218 3486 10218 3487 10234 3486 10305
3513 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 269DEG 25KT 3560 10270 3528 10260
3504 10276 3508 10305
JACKSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 7:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter, Randall | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Gray, Randall | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Randall and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 1:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Texas | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Beaver | 4 hr |
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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.