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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 10, 2017Armstrong County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2017, 1:07 AM CDT for Armstrong County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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: May 10, 2017, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2017, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Armstrong County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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: 591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

707 
WWUS84 KAMA 100607
SPSAMA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
107 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2017
 
TXZ018-100630-
Armstrong TX-
107 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY UNTIL
130 AM CDT...

At 107 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles east of Wayside, or 21 miles north of Silverton, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm. 

Locations impacted include...
Wayside.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.
 
&&

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.

LAT...LON 3502 10148 3491 10109 3490 10109 3475 10124
      3475 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 209DEG 30KT 3476 10143 

$$

Ward

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	63 min
May 9, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	80 min
May 9, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	62 min
May 9, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	60 min
May 9, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	20 min
May 9, 9:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Deaf Smith	3 hr
May 9, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	62 min
May 9, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	30 min
May 9, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	36 min
May 9, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	29 min
May 9, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	58 min
May 9, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	33 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	31 min
May 9, 10:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	43 min
May 9, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	43 min
May 9, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	38 min
May 10, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	28 min
May 10, 1:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	36 min
May 10, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	47 min
May 10, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	35 min
May 10, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	31 min
May 10, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Randall	33 min
May 10, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	41 min
May 10, 3:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Donley	22 min
May 10, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	30 min
May 10, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	61 min
May 10, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	38 min
May 10, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall	42 min
May 10, 4:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray	24 min
May 10, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	62 min
May 10, 4:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	23 min
May 10, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill	47 min
May 10, 5:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray, Roberts	43 min
May 10, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill	62 min
May 10, 6:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	29 min
May 10, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill	52 min
May 10, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	62 min
May 10, 10:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree, Roberts	64 min
May 10, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	33 min
May 10, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore, Potter	54 min
May 10, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	20 min
May 10, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	32 min
May 10, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Potter	45 min
May 10, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Sherman	47 min
May 10, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	63 min
May 10, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter	45 min
May 10, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth	42 min
May 10, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	29 min
May 10, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	27 min
May 10, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	32 min
May 9, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	58 min
May 10, 1:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	35 min
May 10, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	28 min
May 10, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	30 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.