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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2013, 4:11 PM CDT for Hansford County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2013, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Hansford County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 28, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 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 3 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
Special weather statement, May 28, 2:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
250 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013
OKZ003-282015-
BEAVER OK-
250 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 315
PM CDT...
AT 247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KNOWLES...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER...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...
KNOWLES... GATE...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3664 10002 3661 10029 3674 10044 3701 10041
3700 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 226DEG 13KT 3674 10028
JOHNSONSpecial weather statement, May 28, 3:47 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 347 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 TXZ003-004-007-008-282115- HANSFORD TX-HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX-OCHILTREE TX- 347 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE... NORTHEASTERN MOORE...NORTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON AND HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SPEARMAN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRINGLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPEARMAN... WAKA... PRINGLE... MORSE... FARNSWORTH... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3579 10150 3581 10188 3649 10116 3648 10072 TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 219DEG 18KT 3623 10118 3591 10155 JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:50 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 350 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 TXZ011-012-016-017-282115- DEAF SMITH TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-RANDALL TX- 350 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN RANDALL...POTTER... SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM AND EASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILDORADO TO NEAR BLACK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VEGA... HEREFORD... WILDORADO... VALLEY DE ORO... UMBARGER... DAWN... BUSHLAND... BUFFALO LAKE... BOYS RANCH... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 114 AND 119. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 68. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3476 10206 3475 10284 3550 10232 3559 10172 TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 212DEG 31KT 3528 10214 3468 10259 JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:11 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 411 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 TXZ002>004-007-008-282145- HANSFORD TX-HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX-OCHILTREE TX-SHERMAN TX- 411 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN... NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE...NORTHEASTERN MOORE...NORTHERN HUTCHINSON AND HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF WAKA TO 4 MILES WEST OF PRINGLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPEARMAN... PERRYTON... WAKA... SUNRAY... PRINGLE... MORSE... GRUVER... FARNSWORTH... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3649 10070 3592 10124 3591 10201 3649 10157 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 229DEG 15KT 3631 10113 3597 10152 JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 4:12 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, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall | 57 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.