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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 6, 2014Hartley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 7:43 PM CDT for Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2014, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 6, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 6, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1985 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

093 
WUUS54 KAMA 070043
SVRAMA
TXC205-070145-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0039.140607T0043Z-140607T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
743 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARTLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF HARTLEY TO
  NEAR ROMERO...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROMERO...             HARTLEY...            CHANNING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3588 10305 3606 10303 3605 10217 3563 10216
      3562 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 270DEG 8KT 3591 10228 3572 10290

$$

JC
1 follow-up statement
367 
WWUS54 KAMA 070132
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
832 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

TXC205-070145-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140607T0145Z/
HARTLEY TX-
832 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
HARTLEY COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING
PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF
DUMAS TO 8 MILES EAST OF ROMERO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
INCLUDE...
  HARTLEY...            CHANNING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3563 10260 3605 10236 3605 10217 3563 10216
      3563 10232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 270DEG 8KT 3591 10215 3572 10277

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam, Hartley39 min
Jun 6, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore, Sherman32 min
Jun 6, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman56 min
Jun 6, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter, Randall39 min
Jun 6, 7:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman3 hr
Jun 6, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Randall57 min
Jun 6, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree39 min
Jun 6, 7:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHansford, Ochiltree3 hr
Jun 6, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith51 min
Jun 6, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson, Moore, Roberts55 min
Jun 6, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham51 min
Jun 6, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong, Carson40 min
Jun 6, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith, Oldham48 min
Jun 6, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts64 min
Jun 6, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter, Randall40 min
Jun 6, 9:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
Jun 6, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall40 min
Jun 6, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb56 min
Jun 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson49 min
Jun 6, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler47 min
Jun 6, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler67 min
Jun 6, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth58 min
Jun 6, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth15 min
Jun 7, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith38 min
Jun 7, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith46 min
Jun 7, 6:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Hartley, Moore3 hr
Jun 7, 7:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley39 min
Jun 7, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley58 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.