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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 13, 2017Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2017, 6:08 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 22 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
Apr 13, 2017, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Beaver County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

979 
WUUS54 KAMA 132308
SVRAMA
OKC007-132330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0013.170413T2308Z-170413T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
608 PM CDT THU APR 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Beaver County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...

* Until 630 PM CDT

* At 607 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of
  Beaver, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. Accumulating hail and very heavy 
           rainfall could produce localized flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Beaver.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring 
with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of 
nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are 
close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3678 10075 3689 10068 3682 10045 3665 10056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 284DEG 10KT 3679 10061 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DGW
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KAMA 132330
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
630 PM CDT THU APR 13 2017

OKC007-132339-
/O.EXP.KAMA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170413T2330Z/
Beaver OK-
630 PM CDT THU APR 13 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened 
therefore the warning will be allowed to expire and will be replaced 
with a special weather statement.

LAT...LON 3678 10075 3689 10068 3682 10045 3665 10056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 284DEG 10KT 3678 10057 

$$

DGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver40 min
Apr 13, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver46 min
Apr 13, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver27 min

Nearby

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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.