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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2015, 1:38 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Donley County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 16, 2015, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2015, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Donley County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 329 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 May 16, 12:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 1:29 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 129 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-162200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 129 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. SOME STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE THROUGH 8 PM CDT. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS STORMS MOVE EAST OF THESE AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN MAY INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. KB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 9:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 946 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 TXZ014-015-019-020-161530- COLLINGSWORTH TX-DONLEY TX-GRAY TX-WHEELER TX- 946 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN COLLINGSWORTH... WHEELER...EASTERN GRAY AND NORTHERN DONLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT... AT 936 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCLEAN...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARENDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLARENDON... SHAMROCK... LELIA LAKE... HOWARDWICK... GREENBELT LAKE... SAMNORWOOD... QUAIL... DOZIER... WHEELER... TWITTY... NEW MOBEETIE... LELA... KELLERVILLE... BRISCOE... ALLISON... MCLEAN... ALANREED... MOBEETIE... 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 LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3561 10056 3561 10008 3487 10033 3487 10104 TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 232DEG 33KT 3521 10057 MJG
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:26 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
126 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
TXZ006-011-161900-
HARTLEY TX-OLDHAM TX-
126 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OLDHAM AND WESTERN
HARTLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
AT 118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF NARA VISA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROMERO...
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 3567 10305 3601 10281 3580 10242 3534 10304
3535 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 216DEG 32KT 3565 10292
MJGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 50 min |
| May 16, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Potter, Randall | 55 min |
| May 16, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 64 min |
| May 16, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 30 min |
| May 16, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 66 min |
| May 16, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 28 min |
| May 16, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson, Gray, Roberts | 25 min |
| May 16, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 25 min |
| May 16, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 36 min |
| May 16, 5:41 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more | 14 hr |
| May 16, 6:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 26 min |
| May 16, 9:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 2 hr |
| May 16, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley, Wheeler | 44 min |
| May 16, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 34 min |
| May 16, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 34 min |
| May 16, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 41 min |
| May 16, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 38 min |
| May 16, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 42 min |
| May 16, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Sherman | 50 min |
| May 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 40 min |
| May 16, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Randall | 49 min |
| May 16, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 54 min |
| May 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 39 min |
| May 16, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 41 min |
| May 16, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 41 min |
| May 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 23 min |
| May 16, 3:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong | 3 hr |
| May 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 35 min |
| May 16, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more | 50 min |
| May 16, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 37 min |
| May 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Wheeler | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 45 min |
| May 16, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 25 min |
| May 16, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 34 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.