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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2013, 9:59 PM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 31, 2013, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Deaf Smith County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 Jul 31, 7:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 7:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 758 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 .UPDATE... EXPANDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SLIGHTLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TX PANHANDLE TO COVER STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION CURRENTLY PROPAGATING SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHWEST KS AND THE EASTERN OK PANHANDLE. INSTABILITY STARTS TO DROP OFF PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY SOUTH OF ROBERTS AND HEMPHILL COUNTIES...WHICH SHOULD LIMIT THE SOUTHWARD EXTENT OF THE SEVERE THREAT. KB && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 703 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013/ UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE EVENING PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS THE EASTERN OK PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST TX PANHANDLE BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. KB PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 622 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013/ AVIATION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG NORTHERN AND WESTERN PERIPHERIES OF FORECAST AREA WILL MOVE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST...POTENTIALLY IMPACTING ALL TERMINALS THIS EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS BEFORE ADDING THUNDER AS PREVAILING WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 KT...HAIL...AND BRIEF IFR VISIBILITIES IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. AMENDMENTS MAY BE FORTHCOMING. SOME EARLY MORNING BR WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAIN. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. COCKRELL PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 406 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013/ DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON CURRENTLY UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. CURRENTLY KEEPING AN EYE ON THE STORMS IN COLORADO AND KANSAS AS STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST SO THOSE STORMS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT MAKING IT TO THE PANHANDLES....BUT NEW STORMS COULD ALSO FORM OVER ANY REMNANT BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA. VERY SLOW STORM MOTIONS WILL LEAD TO POTENTIAL FLOODING ISSUES WHEREVER STORMS DECIDE TO PARK AND TAP INTO PWATS OVER 1 INCH. VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ABOVE US MEANS THAT ANY STORMS THAT DO DECIDE TO BREAK THROUGH AND TAP INTO INSTABILITY WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GOING SEVER QUICKLY. THIS COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY LOW CLOUD BASES MEANS WE CANT COMPLETELY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO...EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT IS VERY LOW. ANY STORMS THAT ARE IN THE AREA SHOULD EITHER DISSIPATE OR MOVE ON OUT OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A BRIEF LULL IN POPS TOMORROW MORNING. THEN NORTHWEST FLOW BRINGS YET ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ISOLATED STORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING MOSTLY TO THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. ABM LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS FOR THE OVERALL PATTERN THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER NEW MEXICO STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD AND BUILD OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THIS WEEKEND. IT SHOULD THEN BUILD FURTHER EAST OVER NORTH TEXAS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SHORTWAVE TROUGHS RIDING AROUND THE RIDGE WILL PROVIDE THE TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOST AFTERNOONS. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL BE STRETCHED FROM NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...SERVING AS A FOCUS FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FAVORED THE GFS/NAM SCENARIO OF A FURTHER SOUTH PUSH OF THIS TROUGH AND ITS POPS. A SURFACE LOW THEN FORMS AND EDGES INTO THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES...EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP PRECIP CHANCES MAINLY CONFINED TO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE ABOVE NORMAL...WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S POSSIBLE BEFORE THE WEEKEND. SEVERE CHANCES WILL BE LOW AFTER TONIGHT...WITH CAPE VALUES ONLY EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AROUND 700 TO 800 J/KG DURING THE AFTERNOONS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE MORE INDICATIVE OF EFFECTIVE RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE SURFACE TROUGH...WHERE PWATS NEAR 1.5 INCHES MOST OF THE PERIOD. NF FIRE WEATHER... 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE 20 PERCENT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. NF HYDROLOGY... WITH SLOW AND ALMOST STATIONARY STORM MOTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...COUPLED WITH A RELATIVELY MOIST ATMOSPHERE...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A CONCERN. AFTER RECENT RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING MAY BE ISSUES TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES. NF && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 03/08
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 7:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 716 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-011100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 716 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE HIGHEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 11 PM CDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MAINLY THE OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES. A FEW STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS LEADING TO POSSIBLE FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH 11 PM TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 453. KB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 31, 7:59 PM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
759 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM HAIL 2 NW BOYD 36.72N 100.85W
07/31/2013 E1.00 INCH BEAVER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300733
MOULTON/SPENCERSpecial weather statement, Jul 31, 8:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 821 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 TXZ011-016-010215- DEAF SMITH TX-OLDHAM TX- 821 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OLDHAM AND DEAF SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF ROMERO TO 6 MILES EAST OF HEREFORD...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VEGA... HEREFORD... WILDORADO... SIMMS... DAWN... BOYS RANCH... BOOTLEG... ADRIAN... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 51. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3561 10218 3476 10218 3475 10290 3562 10299 TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 270DEG 6KT 3551 10283 3485 10228 COCKRELL
Local storm report, Jul 31, 8:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
827 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N FLORIS 36.91N 100.70W
07/31/2013 BEAVER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
WIND BLOWN HAIL BROKE WINDOWS
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300734
ABMSpecial weather statement, Jul 31, 9:15 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
915 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013
TXZ011-010300-
OLDHAM TX-
915 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN OLDHAM COUNTY UNTIL 1000
PM CDT...
AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF VEGA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VEGA... WILDORADO... BOYS RANCH...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 51.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3561 10259 3562 10217 3518 10218 3518 10257
3519 10262
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 270DEG 14KT 3533 10239
COCKRELLSpecial weather statement, Jul 31, 9:42 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 942 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 TXZ002-003-010345- HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX- 942 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHERMAN AND WESTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT... AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF TEXHOMA TO 3 MILES WEST OF GRUVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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... STRATFORD... GRUVER... TEXHOMA... 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 3650 10131 3606 10125 3614 10209 3650 10206 TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 320DEG 12KT 3648 10193 3623 10145 COCKRELL
Local storm report, Jul 31, 9:47 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
947 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 PM HAIL 7 N HEREFORD 34.92N 102.40W
07/31/2013 E1.75 INCH DEAF SMITH TX PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300735
ABMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 54 min |
| Jul 31, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 64 min |
| Jul 31, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 11:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Moore | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 64 min |
| Jul 31, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 8:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 3 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.