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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2014, 5:56 PM CDT for Hansford County, Sherman County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
- Jul 16, 2014, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hansford County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 Jul 16, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 2:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 254 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-171000- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 254 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM 4 PM THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLY BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND TONIGHT FOR FLASH FLOODING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:02 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
502 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014
OKZ002-TXZ002-003-162245-
HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX-TEXAS OK-
502 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SHERMAN...HANSFORD AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING 12 MILES SOUTH OF GOODWELL...OR
18 MILES SOUTH OF GUYMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRUVER...
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 3626 10117 3606 10161 3611 10199 3649 10178
3653 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 309DEG 9KT 3643 10155
LINDLEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 16, 5:49 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
549 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014
TXZ002-003-162300-
HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX-
549 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRUVER...OR 23 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRUVER...
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 3640 10145 3607 10108 3606 10189 3639 10169
3645 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 315DEG 11KT 3634 10155
LINDLEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 16, 5:56 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 556 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014 OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-162345- CIMARRON OK-DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX-TEXAS OK- 556 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN... NORTHEASTERN DALLAM...SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN CIMARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 3 MILES NORTH OF GRIGGS...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF STRATFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STRATFORD... TEXHOMA... GRIGGS... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3651 10162 3623 10213 3670 10236 3679 10209 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 333DEG 13KT 3664 10213 LINDLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 30 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 11 min |
| Jul 16, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 56 min |
| Jul 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 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.