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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2016, 8:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 93 min. 3 reports 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
- Sep 17, 2016, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 9:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 W Dumas, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON US 87 2 MILES WEST OF DUMAS. |
| Sep 17, 9:41 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Wnw Four Way, TX | ROPE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY TWO TIMES IN RAPID SUCCESSION |
| Sep 17, 9:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wsw Four Way, TX | NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND 1.2 MILE LONG DAMAGE PATH. SHED DESTROYED... WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE... ROOF DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted.
521
WUUS54 KAMA 180127
SVRAMA
TXC111-205-341-421-180300-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0271.160918T0127Z-160918T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
827 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARTLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
MOORE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 827 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
HARTLEY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DALHART...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT SOME TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. PEOPLE AND ANIMALS
OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL DAMAGE TO ROOFS...
SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ON
ROADWAYS CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUMAS...DALHART...HARTLEY...CACTUS...FRITCH...SUNRAY...CHANNING...
MASTERSON...LAKE MEREDITH...CONLEN AND FOUR WAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3628 10239 3620 10162 3562 10162 3562 10251
3605 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 301DEG 23KT 3600 10238
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
LG5 follow-up statements
105
WWUS54 KAMA 180142
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
842 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
TXC111-205-341-421-180300-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-160918T0300Z/
HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX-
842 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN HARTLEY...MOORE...SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM AND SOUTHERN
SHERMAN COUNTIES...
AT 842 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HARTLEY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DALHART...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT SOME TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS
EXPECTED. HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS CAUSING HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUMAS...DALHART...HARTLEY...CACTUS...FRITCH...SUNRAY...CHANNING...
MASTERSON...LAKE MEREDITH...CONLEN AND FOUR WAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3628 10239 3620 10162 3562 10162 3562 10251
3599 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 301DEG 24KT 3594 10227
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
LG610
WWUS54 KAMA 180157
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
857 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
TXC111-205-341-421-180300-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-160918T0300Z/
HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX-
857 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN HARTLEY...MOORE...SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM AND SOUTHERN
SHERMAN COUNTIES...
AT 856 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
DUMAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE.
HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ON
ROADWAYS CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUMAS...DALHART...HARTLEY...CACTUS...FRITCH...SUNRAY...CHANNING...
MASTERSON...LAKE MEREDITH...CONLEN AND FOUR WAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3627 10232 3620 10162 3562 10162 3562 10251
3593 10270
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 302DEG 27KT 3588 10216
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LG493
WWUS54 KAMA 180203
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
903 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
TXC111-205-341-421-180300-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-160918T0300Z/
HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX-
903 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN HARTLEY...MOORE...SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM AND SOUTHERN
SHERMAN COUNTIES...
AT 902 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
DUMAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. HAIL MAY
ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUMAS...HARTLEY...CACTUS...FRITCH...SUNRAY...CHANNING...MASTERSON...
LAKE MEREDITH AND FOUR WAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3620 10162 3562 10162 3562 10251 3587 10266
3626 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 301DEG 23KT 3586 10212
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LG653
WWUS54 KAMA 180221
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
921 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
TXC111-180230-
/O.CAN.KAMA.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-160918T0300Z/
DALLAM TX-
921 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3606 10220 3606 10216 3608 10216 3623 10196
3620 10162 3562 10162 3563 10252 3576 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 311DEG 17KT 3580 10211
$$
TXC205-341-421-180300-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-160918T0300Z/
HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-SHERMAN TX-
921 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN HARTLEY...MOORE AND SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTIES...
AT 920 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DUMAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUMAS...HARTLEY...CACTUS...FRITCH...SUNRAY...CHANNING...MASTERSON...
LAKE MEREDITH AND FOUR WAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3606 10220 3606 10216 3608 10216 3623 10196
3620 10162 3562 10162 3563 10252 3576 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 311DEG 17KT 3580 10211
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LG932
WWUS54 KAMA 180234
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
934 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
TXC205-341-421-180300-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-160918T0300Z/
HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-SHERMAN TX-
934 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN HARTLEY...MOORE AND SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTIES...
AT 933 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF
CHANNING...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUMAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUMAS...CACTUS...FRITCH...SUNRAY...CHANNING...MASTERSON...
LAKE MEREDITH AND FOUR WAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3606 10220 3606 10216 3608 10216 3616 10188
3612 10163 3562 10162 3563 10252 3579 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 309DEG 26KT 3572 10216
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 58 min |
| Sep 17, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 9:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 53 min |
| Sep 17, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 94 min |
| Sep 17, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 65 min |
| Sep 17, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 25 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.