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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2014, 6:09 PM CDT for Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
- Aug 21, 2014, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hansford County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 21, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 348 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE PLUME OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE OVER THE PANHANDLES AND SIMILAR TO THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...THE POSITION OF A SURFACE TROUGH FROM AROUND GUYMON TO DALHART WILL HELP TO TRIGGER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. STRONG DIURNAL HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIFT NECESSARY TO GENERATE THESE STORMS SO EXPECT ANY STORMS TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. THIS IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE SEVERAL OF THE HIGH RES MODELS. WEAK SHEAR AND UPPER DYNAMICS WILL GREATLY LIMIT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL OF THESE STORMS BUT CANNOT RULE OUT A STRONG WIND GUST WITH THE STRONGER STORMS GIVEN THE DRY SUB CLOUD LAYER. OTHERWISE EXPECT ANOTHER MILD NIGHT ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE MID 60S TO THE LOWER 70S. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE PRETTY MUCH OF A REPEAT OF TODAY WITH THE AREA REMAINING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW WITH THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S AND MEAN UPPER TROUGHING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE SURFACE TROUGH AXIS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AND WITH THE MOISTURE PLUME OVERHEAD AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS ONCE AGAIN CLIMBING WELL INTO THE 90S...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS TIME A MID-LEVEL UPPER TROUGH WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHERN CA. THIS WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE BETTER LIFT FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS COVERAGE WILL BE FURTHER TO THE EAST AND CONTINUE AFTER SUNSET. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HAVE NOT MADE TOO MANY CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST AS THE UPPER PATTERN WILL REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME...WITH THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINING WELL EAST OF THE AREA AND UPPER TROUGHING OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL LIFT ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD SUNDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH SOUTH...BUT LOOKS TO STALL NORTH OF THE AMA CWA. THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY AROUND MIDWEEK. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONGER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA BY AROUND WEDNESDAY. BEFORE THIS OCCURS...MONSOONAL MOISTURE REMAINING OVERHEAD AND THE PRESENCE OF A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MAINTAIN LOW CHANCE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY IN THE NEW WORK WEEK. COOLER TEMPS ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN PRECIP CHANCES MAY ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. CLK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 69 93 65 91 66 / 20 20 20 20 20 BEAVER OK 72 100 68 100 68 / 20 20 20 20 20 BOISE CITY OK 67 94 64 92 62 / 20 20 30 10 20 BORGER TX 74 97 70 95 71 / 20 20 20 20 20 BOYS RANCH TX 69 97 67 94 66 / 20 20 20 20 20 CANYON TX 68 93 64 92 65 / 20 20 20 20 20 CLARENDON TX 72 96 67 94 67 / 20 10 20 20 20 DALHART TX 66 93 63 91 62 / 20 20 30 20 20 GUYMON OK 70 97 66 97 66 / 20 20 30 20 20 HEREFORD TX 66 91 62 90 63 / 20 20 20 20 20 LIPSCOMB TX 72 99 69 96 70 / 20 10 20 20 20 PAMPA TX 70 95 66 93 68 / 20 20 20 20 20 SHAMROCK TX 72 96 68 95 69 / 20 10 10 20 20 WELLINGTON TX 72 99 68 96 68 / 20 10 10 20 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && CLK/JDJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 250 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-221100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 250 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...HOWEVER BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL EXIST ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. CLK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 3:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
336 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
TXZ006-011-212115-
HARTLEY TX-OLDHAM TX-
336 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN OLDHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN
HARTLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOYS RANCH...OR 11 MILES
NORTH OF VEGA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOYS RANCH...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3580 10219 3578 10216 3577 10217 3544 10216
3527 10234 3547 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 228DEG 17KT 3541 10237
JACKSONSpecial weather statement, Aug 21, 4:09 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 409 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 TXZ002-006>008-011-012-212200- HARTLEY TX-HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-SHERMAN TX- 409 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN... NORTHWESTERN POTTER...EASTERN OLDHAM...MOORE...EXTREME WESTERN HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHEASTERN HARTLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF MASTERSON...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUMAS...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... DUMAS... VALLEY DE ORO... BOYS RANCH... MASTERSON... FOUR WAY... CHANNING... STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WITH VERY LITTLE RAIN. EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND EVEN BLOWING DUST ARE EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3606 10207 3575 10161 3523 10229 3548 10261 TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 231DEG 13KT 3563 10212 MOULTON
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 445 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 TXZ002-003-007-008-212230- HANSFORD TX-HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX-SHERMAN TX- 445 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SHERMAN...NORTHEASTERN MOORE...NORTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHERN HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF SUNRAY...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUMAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUNRAY... CACTUS... PRINGLE... MORSE... GRUVER... STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WITH VERY LITTLE RAIN. EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND EVEN BLOWING DUST ARE EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3647 10166 3616 10119 3574 10165 3604 10208 TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 215DEG 15KT 3603 10178 MOULTON
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 455 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 TXZ006-007-011-012-212245- HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX- 455 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN POTTER...EASTERN OLDHAM...SOUTHWESTERN MOORE AND SOUTHEASTERN HARTLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOYS RANCH...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF VEGA...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... VEGA... VALLEY DE ORO... BOYS RANCH... ADRIAN... MASTERSON... FOUR WAY... CHANNING... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 44. STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WITH VERY LITTLE RAIN. EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND EVEN BLOWING DUST ARE EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3592 10221 3564 10177 3520 10233 3526 10284 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 219DEG 12KT 3545 10238 MOULTON
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 5:39 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 539 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 OKZ002-003-TXZ002>004-007>009-212330- BEAVER OK-HANSFORD TX-HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX-OCHILTREE TX-ROBERTS TX-SHERMAN TX-TEXAS OK- 539 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS...WESTERN OCHILTREE...NORTHEASTERN MOORE... NORTHERN HUTCHINSON...HANSFORD...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BEAVER AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORSE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPEARMAN... PRINGLE... WAKA... FARNSWORTH... MORSE... GRUVER... STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WITH VERY LITTLE RAIN. EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND EVEN BLOWING DUST ARE EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3651 10137 3650 10077 3587 10117 3603 10180 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 220DEG 14KT 3612 10135 MOULTON
Local storm report, Aug 21, 5:48 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Oldham | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.