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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 22, 2014Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2014, 7:39 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 96 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
May 22, 2014, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Beaver County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 587 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 May 22, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
245 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-231100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
245 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES THROUGH
TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT
ANYWHERE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH 11 PM...BUT THE HIGHER
CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WEST OF A GUYMON TO AMARILLO LINE.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WILL BE THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR
WESTERN PANHANDLES UNTIL 8 PM CDT. ANY STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AFTER 10 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES FRIDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE THROUGH MONDAY...WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS THROUGH. AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE MORE FAVORABLE TIMES FOR MORE ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SATURDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE
PANHANDLES AND SUNDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE
PANHANDLES. HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

JACKSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 4:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
459 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

TXZ006-007-011-012-222245-
HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-
459 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN POTTER...
NORTHEASTERN OLDHAM...SOUTHWESTERN MOORE AND SOUTHEASTERN HARTLEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY DE ORO...OR 24 MILES
SOUTH OF DUMAS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VALLEY DE ORO...      CHANNING...

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 3575 10238 3583 10204 3546 10199 3542 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 167DEG 22KT 3553 10212

SIMPSON
Local storm report, May 22, 5:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
523 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SE KENTON             36.83N 102.88W
05/22/2014  M64 MPH          CIMARRON           OK   MESONET

            OKLAHOMA MESONET

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400355

JACKSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
549 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-007-011-012-222330-
CIMARRON OK-DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-SHERMAN
TX-TEXAS OK-
549 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SHERMAN...NORTHWESTERN
POTTER...NORTHEASTERN OLDHAM...WESTERN MOORE...EASTERN HARTLEY...
EASTERN DALLAM...WESTERN TEXAS AND EASTERN CIMARRON COUNTIES UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BOISE CITY TO 5 MILES WEST OF BOYS RANCH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOISE CITY...         STRATFORD...          DUMAS...
  KEYES...              GRIGGS...             MASTERSON...
  HARTLEY...            FOUR WAY...           CONLEN...
  CHANNING...           CACTUS...             BOYS RANCH...
  STURGIS...

THESE STORMS 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.

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 3700 10193 3549 10186 3548 10244 3700 10254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 265DEG 33KT 3680 10239 3553 10232

SIMPSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:49 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 22, 6:57 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 22, 6:58 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
658 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E GOODWELL            36.60N 101.60W
05/22/2014  M58 MPH          TEXAS              OK   MESONET

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400357

ABM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson46 min
May 22, 7:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Hartley, Moore, Potter, Sherman3 hr
May 22, 7:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray3 hr
May 22, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson, Potter39 min
May 22, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAPotter, Randall2 hr
May 22, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOchiltree63 min
May 22, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchAMAArmstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham and 2 more9 hr
May 23, 9:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMACollingsworth4 hr
May 23, 10:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter, Randall3 hr

Nearby

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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.