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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2015, 5:38 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 81 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 7, 2015, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2015, 6:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 7, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 Jun 7, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 352 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH MONDAY. INSTABILITY...LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL ALL LEAD TO BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FILL IN ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH THROUGH THE PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH ALONG THIS COLD FRONT TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. BUT...BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH. FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST FOR MONDAY. CONVECTION OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SLIDE THIS WAY IN THE WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. UPSLOPE FLOW AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL HELP FEED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN THROUGH THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST LIES WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO MONDAY EVENING AND NIGHT AS CONVECTION SLIDES OUT OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NM AND SOUTHERN CO ABOARD A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. A LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF A STALLING FRONT WILL PROVIDE MOISTURE AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY TO HELP SUSTAIN SOME CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...WILL LIKELY SEE STORMS DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE AFTER DARK AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER BEGINS TO STABILIZE...GIVEN THE ABSENCE OF ANY APPRECIABLE LLJ SUPPORT /H85 WINDS AROUND 20 KTS/. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE DURING THE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TIMEFRAME...BUT OVERALL COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED TO PERHAPS SCATTERED DURING THIS MIDWEEK PERIOD DUE TO AN ABSENCE OF STRONGER FORCING FOR ASCENT. ON TUESDAY...A WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE EMANATING FROM THE LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BE PIVOTING AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS CENTERED ALONG THE ROCKIES...WHICH MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER AT LEAST SOME ISOLATED STORMS. THE FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONS TO MORE WEST/SOUTHWESTERLY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY DOWNSTREAM OF A SLOW-MOVING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND SOUTHWEST. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE LOOKS TO REMAIN LIMITED DURING THIS TIME...BUT CERTAINLY CAN/T RULE OUT AT LEAST SOME ISOLATED STORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A WEAK LEAD SHORTWAVE EJECTING FROM THE TROUGH TO THE WEST AND A WEAK SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE TAP. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. THE UPPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES DURING THIS TIME...WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BETWEEN IT AND AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS BRINGING A BETTER FEED OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA...WHILE A MOIST SOUTH/SOUTHEASTERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW PERSISTS. TEMPS ALOFT WILL BE COOL ENOUGH FOR DIURNAL HEATING TO ACT ON THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE/INSTABILITY TO LIKELY FOSTER DAILY ROUNDS OF CONVECTION BY FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH WHETHER A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THIS FAR SOUTH OR HANG UP TO OUR NORTH. THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE BY THIS TIME...AND SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR AS WELL. KB && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 15/08
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 324 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-081100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 324 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE THROUGH THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES. LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A LOW POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST ON MONDAY...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AGAIN THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. ISOLATED TO PERHAPS SCATTERED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...BEFORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE LATE THIS WEEK WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING...AND A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS COULD ALSO OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PANHANDLES. KB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
452 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
OKZ003-072245-
BEAVER OK-
452 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELMWOOD...OR 9 MILES SOUTH
OF BEAVER...MOVING EAST 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...
BEAVER... SLAPOUT... MOCANE...
KNOWLES... GATE... ELMWOOD...
BALKO...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3700 9999 3650 10000 3650 10075 3685 10066
3701 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 270DEG 16KT 3669 10057
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
505 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
TXZ001-006-072300-
DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX-
505 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HARTLEY AND DALLAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEXLINE...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALHART... WARE... TEXLINE...
CONLEN...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3650 10305 3650 10216 3615 10216 3590 10227
3609 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 272DEG 36KT 3629 10293
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 5:07 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
507 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
OKZ002-072315-
TEXAS OK-
507 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...
AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUYMON...MOVING EAST AT 40
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... TYRONE... OPTIMA...
HOOKER... HARDESTY... BAKER...
ADAMS...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3650 10096 3650 10106 3665 10158 3689 10154
3700 10112 3700 10095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 278DEG 35KT 3672 10143
LGLocal storm report, Jun 7, 5:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
513 PM CDT SUN JUN 07 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0511 PM HAIL 1 N GUYMON 36.70N 101.48W
06/07/2015 E0.88 INCH TEXAS OK PUBLIC
ALSO ESTIMATED 50 MPH WIND EARLIER.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1500525
COCKRELLSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 5:14 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
514 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
OKZ002-072300-
TEXAS OK-
514 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
CDT...
AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUYMON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GUYMON... TYRONE... OPTIMA...
HOOKER... HARDESTY... BAKER...
ADAMS...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3650 10095 3650 10162 3692 10156 3701 10115
3700 10095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 285DEG 30KT 3670 10141
LGLocal storm report, Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 96 min |
| Jun 6, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 93 min |
| Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 68 min |
| Jun 7, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 55 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.