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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2014, 10:12 AM CDT for Hansford County, Sherman County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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
- Sep 24, 2014, 10:12 AM CDT (15:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2014, 10:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 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 15:15 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, 3.2 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
- 1037 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Sep 24, 6:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 6:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 320 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-242100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 320 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. NO ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. CLK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 6:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 933 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2014 TXZ003-004-008-009-241500- HANSFORD TX-HUTCHINSON TX-OCHILTREE TX-ROBERTS TX- 933 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS... SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE...NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHEASTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT... AT 930 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF SPEARMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHEASTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES. 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 3605 10094 3593 10120 3613 10128 3619 10112 TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 318DEG 10KT 3611 10117 JACKSON
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 9:46 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 946 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2014 TXZ002-003-241530- HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX- 946 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SHERMAN AND NORTHWESTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT... AT 943 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODWELL TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF TEXHOMA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...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 3622 10131 3614 10184 3647 10184 3649 10141 TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 359DEG 10KT 3642 10152 3639 10176 JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 33 min |
| Sep 24, 9:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 27 min |
| Sep 24, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 44 min |
| Sep 24, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 50 min |
| Sep 24, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson, Moore | 62 min |
| Sep 24, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 20 min |
| Sep 24, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 61 min |
| Sep 24, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham, Potter | 54 min |
| Sep 24, 1:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 57 min |
| Sep 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 56 min |
| Sep 24, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 64 min |
| Sep 24, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 31 min |
| Sep 24, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 80 min |
| Sep 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Donley, Randall | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 65 min |
| Sep 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 57 min |
| Sep 23, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 65 min |
| Sep 24, 6:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 39 min |
| Sep 24, 6:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 47 min |
| Sep 24, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 44 min |
| Sep 24, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 42 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.