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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2013, 5:03 PM CDT for 6 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 28, 2013, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2300 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 28, 2:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 236 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 .DISCUSSION... WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING FEATURES ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. A DRYLINE WAS RETREATING NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. A STATIONARY FRONT WAS FOUND EAST/WEST ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. A JET STREAK IN THE UPPER LEVELS WAS APPROACHING THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ALL OF THESE FEATURES WILL PROBABLY HELP THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH THE GREATEST THREAT ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES. NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. HAVE ADDED SOME POPS FURTHER WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR THIS POSSIBILITY. THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED MOVE INTO THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES BY THUNDERSTORM INITIATION TIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE DRYLINE ENDS UP FURTHER EAST THAN WHAT THE CURRENT MODELS SHOW GIVEN THE STRENGTHENING WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AS THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH TRANSLATES ACROSS THE REGION. AGAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FROM THURSDAY ONWARD AS A DRIER AIR MASS FILTERS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. && .FIRE WEATHER... ANY ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY WILL BE CONDITIONAL ON HOW MUCH AND HOW WIDESPREAD THE RAIN IS TONIGHT... SO WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FIRE WEATHER WATCHES FOR NOW. IF WE DO NOT SEE MUCH RAIN...THEN AREAS WEST OF A GUYMON TO AMARILLO LINE COULD SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE WEST AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES ON THURSDAY...BUT THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER. THE WINDS MAY BE A BIT STRONGER ON FRIDAY ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 65 93 60 91 62 / 30 10 10 5 5 BEAVER OK 69 88 64 93 60 / 40 30 30 10 5 BOISE CITY OK 57 93 55 91 57 / 20 5 0 5 5 BORGER TX 70 93 64 95 68 / 30 10 10 5 5 BOYS RANCH TX 66 96 57 93 59 / 30 5 0 5 5 CANYON TX 64 93 58 93 61 / 30 10 10 5 5 CLARENDON TX 65 86 64 95 64 / 50 20 30 5 5 DALHART TX 57 94 53 95 57 / 20 5 0 5 5 GUYMON OK 66 96 57 93 59 / 30 10 10 5 5 HEREFORD TX 62 93 57 93 61 / 30 5 0 5 5 LIPSCOMB TX 71 86 64 92 64 / 40 30 30 10 5 PAMPA TX 69 87 60 93 65 / 30 20 30 5 5 SHAMROCK TX 68 87 66 96 65 / 50 30 30 5 5 WELLINGTON TX 70 88 69 98 66 / 50 30 40 10 5 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 16/15
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 308 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-290815- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 308 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GOEHRING
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 28, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 28 min |
| May 28, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Potter | 25 min |
| May 28, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 34 min |
| May 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Potter | 33 min |
| May 28, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Potter, Randall | 29 min |
| May 28, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman | 28 min |
| May 28, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 56 min |
| May 28, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Sherman | 65 min |
| May 28, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 66 min |
| May 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 64 min |
| May 28, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman | 53 min |
| May 28, 6:14 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley and 7 more | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 29 min |
| May 28, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 53 min |
| May 28, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 48 min |
| May 28, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 25 min |
| May 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 65 min |
| May 28, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 27 min |
| May 28, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver | 34 min |
| May 28, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 57 min |
| May 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 31 min |
| May 28, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.