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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 7, 2013Hutchinson County, Roberts County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2013, 6:51 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2013, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hutchinson County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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 7, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 239 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 7, 6:03 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 6:03 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 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-
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES UNTIL 11 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES
THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS WINDS UP TO 65 MPH. THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF A GUYMON TO
CLAUDE LINE THROUGH 11 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS WILL
LIKELY BE REQUIRED THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING AND AGAIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SCHNEIDER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
449 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

TXZ008-009-072245-
HUTCHINSON TX-ROBERTS TX-
449 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS AND
NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF SPEARMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON AND NORTHWESTERN
  ROBERTS COUNTIES.

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

LAT...LON 3589 10080 3568 10110 3594 10127 3606 10128
      3606 10106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 315DEG 18KT 3601 10116

JACKSON

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:06 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 6:11 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:26 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:37 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:47 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	32 min
Jun 7, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	30 min
Jun 7, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	51 min
Jun 7, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	28 min
Jun 7, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	52 min
Jun 7, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	47 min
Jun 7, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	56 min
Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson	3 hr
Jun 7, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	53 min
Jun 7, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	66 min
Jun 7, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	39 min
Jun 7, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	49 min
Jun 7, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	38 min
Jun 7, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	45 min
Jun 7, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	55 min
Jun 7, 6:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	3 hr
Jun 7, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.