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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 394, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2019, 3:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Sep 19, 2019, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hartley County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 318 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
- 1102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 Sep 19, 2:24 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 2:24 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 232 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2019 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-200745- 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- 232 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible across the Panhandles through tonight. Some of the storms may become severe with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. In addition, the strongest storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, which may lead to localized flooding or flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Thunderstorms will be possible across much of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles Friday through Wednesday. A few storms may become severe with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards. In addition, the strongest storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, which may lead to localized flooding or flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 10:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 57 min |
| Sep 19, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 63 min |
| Sep 19, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 42 min |
| Sep 19, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 60 min |
| Sep 19, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 33 min |
| Sep 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 52 min |
| Sep 19, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 42 min |
| Sep 19, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 39 min |
| Sep 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 51 min |
| Sep 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter | 60 min |
| Sep 19, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 57 min |
| Sep 19, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 60 min |
| Sep 19, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 55 min |
| Sep 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 32 min |
| Sep 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 60 min |
| Sep 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong | 6 hr |
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.