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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 6, 2013Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2013, 7:02 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 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: Aug 6, 2013, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Beaver County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 2241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Aug 6, 6:55 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:55 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
344 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-071100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
344 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES. SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE
MAIN THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LEADING TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

GOEHRING

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:22 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
622 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

TXZ009-010-014-062345-
GRAY TX-HEMPHILL TX-ROBERTS TX-
622 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROBERTS...
SOUTHWESTERN HEMPHILL AND NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...

AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF CODMAN...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PAMPA...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...
  MIAMI...              LORA...               CODMAN...

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

LAT...LON 3592 10054 3569 10037 3549 10088 3564 10099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 239DEG 14KT 3561 10084

SCHNEIDER

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:39 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
639 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

OKZ003-070045-
BEAVER OK-
639 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 745
PM CDT...

AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SLAPOUT...OR 27 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SLAPOUT...            KNOWLES...            GATE...

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

LAT...LON 3700 9999 3652 10000 3651 10015 3700 10021
      3701 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 179DEG 24KT 3660 10004

SCHNEIDER

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:45 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 6:54 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 6:55 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:02 PM CDT, 0 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
Aug 6, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	63 min
Aug 6, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	53 min
Aug 6, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	67 min
Aug 6, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	53 min
Aug 7, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	54 min
Aug 7, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	63 min
Aug 6, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	64 min
Aug 6, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	64 min
Aug 7, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	59 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	64 min
Aug 7, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	58 min
Aug 7, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	25 min
Aug 7, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	66 min
Aug 7, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	63 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.