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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2017, 4:28 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Aug 5, 2017, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2017, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Lipscomb County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 5, 3:41 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 3:41 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 348 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2017 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-061100- Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb- Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson- Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth- 348 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Isolated thunderstorms may move through the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles later this afternoon and evening. If storms form, a few will have the potential to become strong, with brief gusty winds and small hail the primary hazards. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Thunderstorms will be possible across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles Sunday through Friday. Some storms that develop during this time period may become strong to marginally severe, with strong winds and hail possible. In addition, the strongest storms will be capable of producing moderate to heavy rainfall, which could result in localized flooding or flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
428 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017
TXZ005-052230-
Lipscomb TX-
428 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIPSCOMB COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM
CDT...
At 427 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles southeast of Follett, or 14 miles northeast of Lipscomb,
moving northeast at 25 mph. Other strong storms were located near
Lipscomb and 15 miles southwest of Lipscomb moving northeast at 25
mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Lipscomb, Follett and Higgins.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.
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LAT...LON 3606 10054 3635 10054 3650 10017 3650 10000
3606 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 242DEG 21KT 3638 10010
LGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 79 min |
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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.