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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 9:32 PM CDT for Moore County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2016, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Moore County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Sw Dumas, TX | HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS FELL AND DAMAGED SOME PORCH SKYLIGHTS SOUTHWEST OF DUMAS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1077 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
100 WUUS54 KAMA 160232 SVRAMA TXC341-160315- /O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0021.160416T0232Z-160416T0315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 932 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MOORE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 932 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUMAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DUMAS...CACTUS AND SUNRAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3606 10199 3605 10164 3571 10198 3579 10214 TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 212DEG 31KT 3581 10204 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ BRB
1 follow-up statement
715 WWUS54 KAMA 160247 SVSAMA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 947 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016 TXC341-160315- /O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160416T0315Z/ MOORE TX- 947 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY... AT 946 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DUMAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DUMAS...CACTUS AND SUNRAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3606 10199 3605 10164 3573 10201 3579 10214 TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 214DEG 21KT 3588 10197 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ BRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 75 min |
| Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Sherman | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hartley | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 66 min |
| Apr 16, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Sherman | 86 min |
| Apr 16, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 1:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:13 AM CDT | Flood Watch | AMA | Collingsworth, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler | 22 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore, Potter, Randall | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 12:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore, Potter | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 19 min |
| Apr 16, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 23 min |
| Apr 16, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Donley | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Moore | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.