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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 24, 2018Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2018, 8:54 PM CDT for Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 66 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: Jun 24, 2018, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 24, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 565 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 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 Jun 24, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:07 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
807 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

OKZ001-250200-
Cimarron OK-
807 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

At 806 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Seneca, or 23 miles north of Clayton, moving east at
35 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Boise City, Kenton, Wheeless and Black Mesa Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

&&

LAT...LON 3693 10300 3693 10249 3664 10249 3668 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 271DEG 32KT 3679 10314

Guerrero

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:44 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
844 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

OKZ002-250245-
Texas OK-
844 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

At 844 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Hough to 10 miles southeast of Eva. Movement
was east at 45 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Guymon, Hooker, Goodwell, Tyrone, Optima, Hardesty, Hough, Baker,
Adams and Eva.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3697 10094 3658 10099 3651 10202 3699 10182
      3700 10107 3700 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 253DEG 37KT 3687 10160 3670 10176

Guerrero

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	62 min
Jun 24, 9:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	24 min
Jun 24, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	56 min
Jun 24, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree	60 min
Jun 24, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, Sherman	60 min
Jun 24, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Moore, Sherman	74 min
Jun 24, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Oldham	57 min
Jun 24, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree	60 min
Jun 24, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	61 min
Jun 24, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Randall	52 min
Jun 24, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Oldham	75 min
Jun 24, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter	69 min
Jun 25, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	58 min
Jun 25, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson	5 hr
Jun 25, 12:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hemphill	5 hr
Jun 25, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	65 min
Jun 25, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter	40 min
Jun 25, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Oldham	48 min
Jun 25, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	66 min
Jun 25, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Wheeler	56 min
Jun 25, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	42 min
Jun 25, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	36 min
Jun 25, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham	39 min
Jun 25, 3:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	42 min
Jun 25, 3:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter	30 min
Jun 25, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	25 min
Jun 25, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	28 min
Jun 25, 4:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson, Gray	23 min
Jun 25, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson, Gray, Wheeler	71 min
Jun 24, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	53 min
Jun 24, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	61 min
Jun 24, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	56 min
Jun 24, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	49 min
Jun 24, 9:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Texas	56 min
Jun 24, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	61 min
Jun 24, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	38 min
Jun 24, 11:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Beaver	3 hr

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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.