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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2013, 11:05 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 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
- Aug 7, 2013, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1037 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
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 Aug 7, 10:40 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 10:40 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 10:32 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1032 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-081100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 1032 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES...WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. KB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 949 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013 TXZ011>013-017-080345- CARSON TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-RANDALL TX- 949 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CARSON...NORTHERN RANDALL...POTTER AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT... AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUSHLAND...OR 9 MILES WEST OF AMARILLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUSHLAND... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 70. 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 10175 3541 10154 3510 10198 3530 10217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 223DEG 15KT 3522 10198 SCHNEIDER/
Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
951 PM CDT WED AUG 07 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0932 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NNE HOOKER 36.90N 101.20W
08/07/2013 M59 MPH TEXAS OK BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300757
BUFFALOLocal storm report, Aug 7, 9:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
952 PM CDT WED AUG 07 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W HOOKER 36.86N 101.23W
08/07/2013 M60 MPH TEXAS OK MESONET
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300758
BUFFALOLocal storm report, Aug 7, 10:40 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1040 PM CDT WED AUG 07 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1034 PM TSTM WND GST TURPIN 36.87N 100.88W
08/07/2013 E60 MPH BEAVER OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300759
MOULTON/SPENCERLocal storm report, Aug 7, 11:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1105 PM CDT WED AUG 07 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1047 PM FLASH FLOOD GUYMON 36.69N 101.48W
08/07/2013 TEXAS OK OK HIGHWAY PTRL
FLASH FLOODING IN THE COUNTY REPORTED AND SOME ROADS
CLOSED BY OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300760
MOULTON/SPENCERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 9:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 3:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 67 min |
| Aug 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 60 min |
Nearby
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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.