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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 21, 20134 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 8:18 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 57 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 21, 2013, 8:18 AM CDT (13:18 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2013, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 21, 6:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
647 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAFS...A PERIOD OF SHRA AND TSRA IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 16Z
AT KAMA...KDHT...AND KGUY. KAMA HAS THE HIGHEST RISK OF ANY TERMINAL
TO SEE TSRA. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHRA IS POSSIBLE AT KDHT BETWEEN 18 AND
03Z...THOUGH THIS APPEARS TO UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME TO INCLUDE IN THE
TAFS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE TAF PERIOD.

JOHNSON
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 511 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013/

UPDATE...
CONVECTION INCREASING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND
MOVING NORTHEAST. UPDATED PUBLIC FORECAST PRODUCTS TO SWITCH FROM
SHOWERS TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES.

ALL PUBLIC PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND SENT.

SCHNEIDER

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 400 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013/

DISCUSSION...
SOME LIGHT SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN
PANHANDLES THIS MORNING. ECMWF SHOWING A CLOSED UPPER LOW AND UPPER
TROUGH MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS MORNING.
NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH LATER
TODAY AND THIS EVENING MAY ALLOW CONVECTION OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO TO TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE RETAINED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT BUMPED UP POPS INTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY.
SHORTWAVE RIDGING WEDNESDAY WILL BE BRIEF AS SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS
OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WHICH ALLOWS THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE
SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLES TO LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT. THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE PANHANDLES AND A DRYLINE
DEVELOPS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO BY THURSDAY. LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO SURGE NORTH AND WEST INTO THE FORECAST AREA
DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THIS WEEK. CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY THURSDAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEVERE POTENTIAL CERTAINLY EXISTS ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. UPPER FLOW TRANSITIONS TO
SOUTHWESTERLY BY LATE THIS WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND
ALLOWS FOR SHORTWAVES TO TRACK NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES.
UPPER HIGH TO BUILD IN OVER NORTHERN MEXICO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND BUILD
NORTHWARD. DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. UNSEASONABLY
COOL CONDITIONS TODAY AND THEN NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SCHNEIDER

FIRE WEATHER...
NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS EITHER THE 20 FOOT WIND
SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 TO 20 MPH OR THE MINIMUM AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 TO 20 PERCENT THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

SCHNEIDER

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

&&

16/11
Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 5:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
532 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-212100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
532 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MUCH
OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY EVENING. NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

SCHNEIDER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 6:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
658 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

TXZ016-017-211245-
DEAF SMITH TX-RANDALL TX-
658 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN RANDALL AND SOUTHEASTERN
DEAF SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM CDT...

AT 657 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF HEREFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEREFORD...           UMBARGER...           DAWN...
  BUFFALO LAKE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3515 10204 3476 10194 3475 10260 3484 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 1158Z 243DEG 22KT 3476 10241

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 21, 7:19 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
719 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

TXZ016-017-211245-
DEAF SMITH TX-RANDALL TX-
719 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN RANDALL AND SOUTHEASTERN
DEAF SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM CDT...

AT 716 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF HEREFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEREFORD...           UMBARGER...           DAWN...
  BUFFALO LAKE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3516 10203 3477 10194 3476 10250 3493 10251
TIME...MOT...LOC 1220Z 243DEG 22KT 3481 10231

JOHNSON
Local storm report, May 21, 8:06 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 6:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith47 min
May 21, 7:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall26 min
May 21, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Potter, Randall67 min
May 21, 8:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
May 21, 9:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson, Gray27 min
May 21, 9:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth26 min
May 21, 9:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADonley24 min
May 21, 9:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth43 min
May 21, 10:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.