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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2014, 9:20 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 85 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
- Jun 11, 2014, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2014, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
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 Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 701 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 .AVIATION...00Z TAFS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KGUY FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE TAF PERIOD AND HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP TO ACCOUNT. HAVE STAYED OPTIMISTIC AT KDHT AND KAMA WITH RESPECT TO THUNDER...BUT MAY HAVE TO AMEND LATER. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH ALL SITES TURNING WINDS TO THE NORTH AND THEN NE. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY FOR A PERIOD TOMORROW MORNING AND LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD SCATTER OUT TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH WINDS ALSO LESSENING. SIMPSON && .UPDATE... ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES AND UPDATED THE GRIDS/ZONES TO REFLECT CURRENT RADAR RETURNS. THINK DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. SIMPSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 428 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY IS INDICATING A GROWING CU FIELD OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO NEAR A DIFFUSE DRYLINE NEAR THE NEW MEXICO/TEXAS BORDER. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME INCREASING MORE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON /ALTHOUGH NOTE THAT THE 5000 J/KG CAPE IN THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE IS ERRONEOUS/ AND A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL CONTINUE TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE BETTER INSTABILITY OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS EVENING. AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA...STORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE. ALSO AIDING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS WILL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS. STORMS WILL LIKELY CONGEAL INTO A MCS THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT. MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD SEE A LULL IN STORM CHANCES FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY AS SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DEPARTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. HOWEVER SOME CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN NEW MEXICO IN THE POST-FRONTAL UPSLOPE FLOW AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST ZONES THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE COOLER WITH STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. SHOULD SEE BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS INITIALLY ONCE THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH BUT WINDS WILL QUICKLY SETTLE DOWN IN THE AFTERNOON. THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER ON FRIDAY AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY ON SOUTHERLY WINDS DOWNSTREAM OF A SURFACE TROUGH. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG INTO THE INTER MOUNTAIN WEST WITH AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSING NEARBY WHICH CAN SPARK SOME STORMS MAINLY TOWARD FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THE INFLUX OF MOISTURE WILL BE MAXIMIZED WHILE A LOW LEVEL JET SETS UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES IN THE CONVECTION POTENTIAL OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE THE NWP MODELS SUGGEST A SLOSHING DRYLINE THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW WILL PASS TOO FAR NORTH OF THE AMA CWA TO HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON THE CONVECTION POTENTIAL ALTHOUGH IT WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL NOT HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON THE SENSIBLE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA AS IT WILL ONLY KNOCK TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES /UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S AS OPPOSED TO LOWER TO MID 90S SATURDAY/. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF INCREASING PRECIP CHANCES TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK LIKELY TIED TO TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM CHRISTINA BUT WILL AWAIT FURTHER CLARIFICATION FROM THE MODELS BEFORE INSERTING POPS IN FOR THIS PERIOD. OTHERWISE THE WEEK WILL START OF DRY AND HOT WITH TEMPS REMAINING IN THE 90S. CLK FIRE WEATHER... DESPITE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DIPPING BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NEITHER ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL AND GREEN UP OF FUELS. CLK && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 09/19
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 325 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-121100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 325 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. CLK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
444 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014
OKZ001-112230-
CIMARRON OK-
444 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CIMARRON COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM CDT...
AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES EAST OF BLACK MESA PARK...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CIMARRON COUNTY.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3694 10233 3678 10274 3696 10280 3700 10257
3700 10244
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 244DEG 13KT 3690 10268
CLKSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 5:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 537 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 OKZ001-002-112315- CIMARRON OK-TEXAS OK- 537 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS AND NORTHERN CIMARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF BOISE CITY TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF KENTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHEELESS... KEYES... KENTON... BLACK MESA PARK... STURGIS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3700 10219 3683 10192 3667 10301 3700 10301 TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 266DEG 26KT 3688 10244 3684 10295 CLK
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 731 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-120115- CIMARRON OK-DALLAM TX-HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX-TEXAS OK- 731 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SHERMAN...NORTHWESTERN HANSFORD...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DALLAM...WESTERN TEXAS AND EASTERN CIMARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF EVA...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF ELKHART...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GUYMON... TEXHOMA... OPTIMA... HOUGH... GOODWELL... EVA... KEYES... GRIGGS... STURGIS... 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 3628 10149 3658 10245 3700 10246 3700 10123 TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 289DEG 27KT 3673 10191 SIMPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 837 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 OKZ002-003-TXZ003-004-120230- BEAVER OK-HANSFORD TX-OCHILTREE TX-TEXAS OK- 837 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE... NORTHEASTERN HANSFORD...WESTERN BEAVER AND EASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF HOOKER TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF HARDESTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PERRYTON... TURPIN... GRAY... FLORIS... BRYANS CORNER... BOYD... BALKO... TYRONE... HOOKER... HARDESTY... BAKER... ADAMS... FARNSWORTH... 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. LAT...LON 3622 10074 3639 10143 3700 10124 3700 10053 TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 276DEG 32KT 3688 10112 3646 10125 SIMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 12:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Lipscomb | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 91 min |
| Jun 11, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 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.