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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 27, 2017Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2017, 3:32 PM CDT for Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2017, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hansford County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 353 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2017-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2017-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 27, 12:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 12:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore28 min
Jul 26, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford26 min
Jul 26, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall38 min
Jul 26, 7:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAOldham, Potter, Randall117 min
Jul 26, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson36 min
Jul 26, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHutchinson41 min
Jul 26, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley29 min
Jul 26, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford23 min
Jul 26, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley44 min
Jul 26, 8:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Hartley2 hr
Jul 26, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore41 min
Jul 27, 1:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam4 hr
Jul 27, 2:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall4 hr
Jul 27, 3:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchAMADallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham27 hr
Jul 27, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford23 min
Jul 27, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore31 min
Jul 27, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford30 min
Jul 27, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill, Wheeler47 min
Jul 26, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver33 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.