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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT for Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 1, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 335 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
- 603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 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 Aug 1, 6:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 6:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:20 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 320 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-021115- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 320 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. ALSO...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH TUESDAY. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY ANY RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO. COCKRELL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 9:22 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 922 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015 TXZ016-020300- DEAF SMITH TX- 922 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEREFORD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HEREFORD... DAWN... 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 3502 10217 3475 10218 3475 10257 3496 10257 TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 252DEG 15KT 3488 10250 ANDRADE
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 9:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 945 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015 TXZ017-020330- RANDALL TX- 945 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL RANDALL COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UMBARGER...OR 10 MILES WEST OF CANYON...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CANYON... UMBARGER... BUFFALO LAKE... TIMBERCREEK CANYON... 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 3506 10180 3480 10178 3481 10216 3505 10216 TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 245DEG 8KT 3494 10209 ANDRADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 10:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Randall | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 1:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hansford | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 1:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 4:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 17 min |
| Aug 2, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 58 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.