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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 17, 2016Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 17, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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 17, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Cimarron County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 874 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 Sep 17, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 2:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
248 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-180800-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
248 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE MAIN HAZARDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 17, 1:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
114 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1231 PM     HAIL             PANHANDLE               35.35N 101.38W
09/17/2016  E1.00 INCH       CARSON             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600677

LG

Local storm report, Sep 17, 2:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 17, 2:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
203 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0135 PM     TSTM WND GST     MCLEAN                  35.23N 100.60W
09/17/2016  E60 MPH          GRAY               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1600679

LG

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
425 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

OKZ001-172230-
CIMARRON OK-
425 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 425 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTH OF KENTON...OR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KENTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3700 10239 3699 10238 3682 10253 3689 10300
      3700 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 270DEG 17KT 3699 10301

LG

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 5:31 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
531 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

OKZ001-172330-
CIMARRON OK-
531 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CIMARRON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM
CDT...

AT 530 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACK MESA PARK...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOISE
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOISE CITY...KEYES...BLACK MESA PARK AND STURGIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3699 10203 3666 10203 3651 10246 3682 10292
      3700 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 286DEG 17KT 3691 10272

LG

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 6:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
621 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

OKZ001-002-180015-
CIMARRON OK-TEXAS OK-
621 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CIMARRON AND WESTERN
TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 621 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTH OF KEYES...OR 13 MILES EAST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOISE CITY...GOODWELL...TEXHOMA...KEYES...GRIGGS...HOUGH...
EVA AND STURGIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...AND THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3699 10156 3650 10152 3650 10252 3700 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 277DEG 39KT 3672 10226

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 17, 6:23 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AMA	Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hartley, Moore, Oldham and 3 more	4 hr
Sep 17, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Oldham	34 min
Sep 17, 10:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	31 min
Sep 17, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	67 min
Sep 17, 12:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson, Gray	66 min
Sep 17, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	97 min
Sep 17, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler	76 min
Sep 17, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	33 min
Sep 17, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	97 min
Sep 17, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	65 min
Sep 17, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	59 min

Nearby

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.