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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 5, 2016Sherman County, Texas; Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT for Sherman County, Texas; Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 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 5, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Texas County, OK, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 5, 10:52 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 10:52 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 4:41 PM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
441 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-060945-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
441 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS IN THE AREA MAY PULSE UP AND
BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PANHANDLES
THIS WEEKEND AND WILL RETURN TO THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA NEXT WEEK.
SOME STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS
ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
705 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

TXZ014-060045-
GRAY TX-
705 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 705 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LEFORS...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAMPA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAMPA AND LEFORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

&&

LAT...LON 3534 10074 3546 10107 3562 10096 3562 10080
      3549 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 121DEG 9KT 3546 10076

LFM

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
721 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

TXZ008-013-060100-
CARSON TX-HUTCHINSON TX-
721 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CARSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 721 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES WEST OF SKELLYTOWN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BORGER...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BORGER AND SKELLYTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3548 10146 3585 10141 3581 10109 3579 10109
      3543 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 188DEG 16KT 3556 10130

LFM

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
745 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

TXZ008-009-013-014-060130-
ROBERTS TX-GRAY TX-CARSON TX-HUTCHINSON TX-
745 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CARSON...
SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 744 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KINGSMILL...OR 4 MILES WEST OF PAMPA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAMPA...CODMAN AND KINGSMILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

&&

LAT...LON 3541 10095 3547 10120 3573 10111 3564 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 207DEG 5KT 3553 10104

LFM

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 9:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
913 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

OKZ001-TXZ001-060315-
CIMARRON OK-DALLAM TX-
913 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CIMARRON AND DALLAM COUNTIES
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

AT 912 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTH OF KIM TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
SENECA TO 11 MILES WEST OF SEDAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOISE CITY...TEXLINE...KEYES...BLACK MESA PARK...WARE...FELT...
KENTON AND WHEELESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10231 3675 10216 3612 10242 3605 10298
      3606 10304 3650 10304 3650 10300 3700 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 256DEG 38KT 3700 10337 3658 10311 3615 10334

LFM

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 10:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1014 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-060415-
CIMARRON OK-TEXAS OK-DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX-
1014 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CIMARRON...WESTERN TEXAS...DALLAM
AND NORTHERN SHERMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1013 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMPO TO NEAR BOISE
CITY TO 6 MILES NORTH OF SEDAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STRATFORD...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GRIGGS...WARE...EVA...FELT...
TEXHOMA AND STURGIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10172 3643 10169 3622 10241 3606 10304
      3635 10304 3671 10264 3700 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 259DEG 23KT 3718 10267 3673 10255 3624 10312

LFM

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 11:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	40 min
Aug 5, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	39 min
Aug 5, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	45 min
Aug 5, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	38 min
Aug 5, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	62 min
Aug 5, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	61 min
Aug 5, 11:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2016 Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.