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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2015, 5:13 PM CDT for Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- May 5, 2015, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Oldham County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 5, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 322 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 .DISCUSSION... CLOSED UPPER LOW LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY TONIGHT. THIS CLOSED UPPER LOW WEAKENS INTO AN OPEN WAVE AS IT TRACKS NORTH AND EAST INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS STATES WEDNESDAY. STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES WITH A SURFACE LOW ON THE FRONT OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SURFACE TROUGH OR PSEUDO-DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO. AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS INTO WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY... THE SURFACE TROUGH/DRYLINE WILL MIX EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TO NEAR THE CAPROCK BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE LOW DEEPENS WEDNESDAY ALLOWING FOR THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN UP AND STRENGTHENING OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...THE TROUGH/DRYLINE WILL RETREAT BACK TO THE WEST AS A VIGOROUS CLOSED UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE GREAT BASIN REGION AND CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST INTO THE PANHANDLES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY BRINGING INCREASING CHANCES FOR CONVECTION BY THE END OF THE WEEK INTO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT STALLS OVER THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH THE CLOSED UPPER LOW TRACKING ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...SOUTHWESTERN STATES AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES SATURDAY. THE CLOSED UPPER LOW MOVES NORTH AND EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES SATURDAY AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES SUNDAY. DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEKEND. SCHNEIDER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 53 80 55 80 53 / 40 5 20 30 20 BEAVER OK 57 82 57 83 58 / 50 10 20 40 50 BOISE CITY OK 48 79 48 79 49 / 40 10 10 20 20 BORGER TX 56 81 58 82 56 / 50 10 20 30 30 BOYS RANCH TX 52 82 52 82 51 / 40 5 10 20 20 CANYON TX 51 80 54 80 52 / 40 10 20 30 20 CLARENDON TX 57 80 58 80 58 / 60 10 20 40 30 DALHART TX 49 79 48 80 49 / 30 10 10 20 20 GUYMON OK 53 81 52 82 54 / 50 10 10 20 30 HEREFORD TX 50 79 52 79 52 / 30 5 20 30 20 LIPSCOMB TX 59 81 60 81 59 / 60 10 20 30 40 PAMPA TX 55 78 56 79 57 / 60 10 20 30 30 SHAMROCK TX 59 81 60 77 62 / 70 20 30 40 50 WELLINGTON TX 61 83 62 79 63 / 70 20 30 50 50 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 14/11/16
Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 3:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 303 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-061100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 303 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES. STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SCHNEIDER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 5, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 316 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 TXZ006-011-052045- HARTLEY TX-OLDHAM TX- 316 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OLDHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN HARTLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF NARA VISA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROMERO... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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 3578 10304 3575 10279 3555 10286 3557 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 187DEG 17KT 3561 10294 14
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 405 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 TXZ006-052130- HARTLEY TX- 405 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL HARTLEY COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF CHANNING...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF DALHART...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARTLEY... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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 3600 10270 3593 10231 3562 10254 3563 10281 TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 200DEG 21KT 3570 10262 NF
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
513 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015
TXZ011-016-052300-
DEAF SMITH TX-OLDHAM TX-
513 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM AND NORTHERN
DEAF SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VEGA...MOVING NORTH 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...
VEGA... SIMMS... WILDORADO...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 48.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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 3504 10268 3550 10246 3540 10217 3526 10217
3494 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 202DEG 30KT 3517 10247
NFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hutchinson | 3 hr |
| May 5, 3:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 6 hr |
| May 5, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 3 hr |
| May 5, 9:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| May 5, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 29 min |
| May 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 25 min |
| May 5, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 25 min |
| May 5, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 42 min |
| May 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 54 min |
| May 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 55 min |
| May 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Moore | 4 hr |
| May 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter and 2 more | 64 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.