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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 8, 2014, 1:47 AM CDT for Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2014, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jun 8, 1:32 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:32 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1033 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 TXZ007-008-012-013-080415- CARSON TX-HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX-POTTER TX- 1033 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CARSON... NORTHEASTERN POTTER...SOUTHEASTERN MOORE AND SOUTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE MEREDITH...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BORGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BORGER... SANFORD... FRITCH... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3586 10137 3558 10118 3543 10169 3559 10180 TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 243DEG 25KT 3557 10160 14
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1045 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 TXZ019-080430- DONLEY TX- 1045 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DONLEY COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 1038 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF CLARENDON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLARENDON... LELIA LAKE... HOWARDWICK... GREENBELT LAKE... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3506 10091 3496 10063 3476 10080 3486 10100 TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 199DEG 8KT 3489 10086 14
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1050 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 TXZ013-014-018-019-080415- ARMSTRONG TX-CARSON TX-DONLEY TX-GRAY TX- 1050 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ARMSTRONG...SOUTHERN CARSON... SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND WESTERN DONLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1043 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANHANDLE TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYSIDE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PANHANDLE... CLAUDE... WAYSIDE... GROOM... GOODNIGHT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 121. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3541 10152 3542 10097 3475 10098 3474 10155 TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 264DEG 28KT 3531 10128 3470 10128 14
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1210 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
TXZ014-015-018>020-080615-
ARMSTRONG TX-COLLINGSWORTH TX-DONLEY TX-GRAY TX-WHEELER TX-
1210 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG...
COLLINGSWORTH...WHEELER...EASTERN GRAY AND DONLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 115
AM CDT...
AT 1202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF NEW
MOBEETIE TO 8 MILES NORTH OF BRICE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLINGTON... SHAMROCK... CLARENDON...
WHEELER... TWITTY... SAMNORWOOD...
QUAIL... NEW MOBEETIE... MCLEAN...
LUTIE... LELIA LAKE... LELA...
LAKE MCCLELLAN... KELLERVILLE... HOWARDWICK...
HEDLEY... GREENBELT LAKE... DOZIER...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 176.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3562 10071 3562 10058 3555 10000 3499 9999
3474 10010 3475 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 284DEG 28KT 3551 10055 3480 10085
14Local storm report, Jun 8, 12:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1211 AM CDT SUN JUN 08 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 PM HAIL 3 ESE CLAUDE 35.09N 101.31W
06/07/2014 E1.00 INCH ARMSTRONG TX BROADCAST MEDIA
LOTS OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON THE GROUND
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1400433
KRAUSELocal storm report, Jun 8, 1:40 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 8:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 28 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 9:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 9:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 116 min |
| Jun 7, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 10:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Wheeler | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 12:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 44 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.