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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 5, 2016Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. 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
Sep 5, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

County Cimarron County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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 206 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 925 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
925 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

705 
WWUS84 KAMA 060310
SPSAMA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1010 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
 
OKZ001-060400-
CIMARRON OK-
1010 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY UNTIL
1100 PM CDT...

AT 1009 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF KENTON TO 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SEDAN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLACK MESA PARK...KENTON AND WHEELESS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
 
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 10271 3700 10265 3651 10282 3650 10300
      3700 10299 3700 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 242DEG 17KT 3704 10290 3626 10330 

$$

ANDRADE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley27 min
Sep 6, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam, Hartley37 min
Sep 6, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley45 min
Sep 6, 6:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Hartley2 hr
Sep 5, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron38 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.