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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 31, 2018Lipscomb County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2018, 12:37 AM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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: May 31, 2018, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2018, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 May 31, 12:27 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:27 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:22 AM CDT, 20 hours 15 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
422 AM CDT Wed May 30 2018

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-302300-
Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth-
Palo Duro Canyon-
422 AM CDT Wed May 30 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected across the Oklahoma Panhandle and the
northern and eastern Texas Panhandle. Some storms may become
severe with large hail and damaging winds being the main threat
this afternoon and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Thunderstorms are possible Friday, Sunday and Monday. Storms
reaching severe criteria remain low at this time.

Heat at or above 105 degrees is possible on Thursday and Friday
for many areas across the region. A Heat Advisory may be needed.

Elevated fire weather conditions across parts of the far western
Panhandles are possible on Thursday and parts of the western and
central Panhandles on Friday and Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.

Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for
elevated fire weather conditions Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1059 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018

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

1015 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 WNW HIGGINS           36.17N 100.14W
05/30/2018                   LIPSCOMB           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE LIMBS ACROSS HIGHWAY 213 JUST WEST OF 1454
            REQUIRED CREWS TO REMOVE.

&&

CORRECTED FATALITIES...INJURIES...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER AMA1800218

MJG

Local storm report, May 30, 11:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1136 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018

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

0936 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ENE LIPSCOMB          36.25N 100.23W
05/30/2018                   LIPSCOMB           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AFTER REPORT OF WIND DAMAGE EAST NORTHEAST OF LIPSCOMB.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1800221

WEBER

Local storm report, May 30, 11:38 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1138 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018

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

1046 PM     HAIL             1 NNW GUYMON            36.70N 101.49W
05/30/2018  M0.75 INCH       TEXAS              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1800222

WEBER

Local storm report, May 30, 11:39 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1139 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018

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

1055 PM     HAIL             GUYMON                  36.69N 101.48W
05/30/2018  M1.00 INCH       TEXAS              OK   SOCIAL MEDIA

            PICTURE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWED QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1800223

WEBER

Local storm report, May 30, 11:40 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1140 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018

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

1125 PM     HAIL             HIGGINS                 36.12N 100.03W
05/30/2018  M1.75 INCH       LIPSCOMB           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1800224

WEBER

Special weather statement, May 31, 12:18 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hansford, Sherman	63 min
May 30, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Sherman	55 min
May 30, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	61 min
May 30, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree	82 min
May 30, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Sherman	29 min
May 30, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	23 min
May 30, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb	54 min
May 30, 11:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hemphill	9 min
May 30, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	62 min
May 31, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	57 min
May 31, 4:30 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	11 hr
May 30, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	38 min
May 30, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	37 min
May 30, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	31 min
May 30, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	49 min
May 30, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	50 min
May 30, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	62 min
May 30, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	36 min
May 30, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	32 min
May 31, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	43 min
May 31, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	49 min
May 31, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	61 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.