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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2019, 9:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. 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 17, 2019, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2019, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Deaf Smith County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 17, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 317 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2019 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-180830- 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- 317 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible across much of the Panhandles. Some storms may become severe with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. Heavy rain may lead to localized flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Thunderstorms will be possible across much of the Panhandles Tuesday and Wednesday and then across the Oklahoma Panhandle and the eastern Texas Panhandle Saturday and Sunday. Some of the storms on Tuesday may become severe with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 657 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2019 TXZ001-006-180100- Hartley TX-Dallam TX- 657 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN DALLAM AND NORTHWESTERN HARTLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT... At 656 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 5 miles east of Amistad to 14 miles northeast of Romero. Movement was north at 15 mph. Up to nickel size hail and wind gusts of up to 55 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Ware. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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 3627 10304 3614 10247 3582 10277 3588 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 201DEG 14KT 3595 10306 3590 10278 Ferguson
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Moore, Sherman | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter, Randall | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Moore, Sherman | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson, Roberts | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 64 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.