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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT for Hansford County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 7, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Hansford County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
655 WWUS84 KAMA 080310 SPSAMA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1010 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016 OKZ002-003-TXZ003-004-080400- BEAVER OK-TEXAS OK-HANSFORD TX-OCHILTREE TX- 1010 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHWESTERN BEAVER...NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE AND HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1009 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF GRUVER...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PERRYTON...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...WAKA AND FARNSWORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3611 10135 3629 10155 3670 10095 3634 10081 TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 235DEG 22KT 3632 10143 $$ BIEDA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 31 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.