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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 2, 2019Gray County, Wheeler County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2019, 1:52 AM CDT for Gray County, Wheeler 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 2, 2019, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2019, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gray County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 270 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 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 May 2, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:15 PM CDT, 9 hours 37 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
415 PM CDT Wed May 1 2019

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-020915-
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-
415 PM CDT Wed May 1 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible tonight across central and eastern
sections of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. A few storms may
become strong to severe, with large hail the primary threats.

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

Strong to severe storms possible late Thursday night to early
Friday morning, mainly for the southern Panhandles.

Storms will continue to be possible each day for the rest of the
forecast period. Strong to severe potential will be there each
day, but storms will be conditional on the proper environment.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed in the coming week, as showers
and storms are possible just about every day.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 9:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
946 PM CDT Wed May 1 2019

OKZ003-TXZ004-005-020315-
Beaver OK-Ochiltree TX-Lipscomb TX-
946 PM CDT Wed May 1 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BEAVER...NORTHWESTERN
LIPSCOMB AND NORTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

At 946 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Boyd, or 16 miles southwest of Beaver, moving east at 50 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Beaver, Elmwood, Bryans Corner, Boyd, Mocane, Turpin, Floris and
Balko.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

&&

LAT...LON 3691 10033 3648 10026 3648 10095 3689 10093
      3689 10070
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 276DEG 42KT 3670 10078

LFM

Special weather statement, May 1, 11:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1141 PM CDT Wed May 1 2019

TXZ009-020515-
Roberts TX-
1141 PM CDT Wed May 1 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ROBERTS COUNTY UNTIL
1215 AM CDT...

At 1141 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northwest of Codman, or 12 miles north of Pampa, moving east at
30 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Miami, Codman and Lora.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

&&

LAT...LON 3562 10054 3562 10103 3583 10091 3584 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 268DEG 26KT 3571 10089

LFM

Special weather statement, May 2, 12:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1211 AM CDT Thu May 2 2019

TXZ013-020545-
Carson TX-
1211 AM CDT Thu May 2 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CARSON COUNTY UNTIL
1245 AM CDT...

At 1210 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southeast of Borger, moving east at 20 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
White Deer and Skellytown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

&&

LAT...LON 3545 10146 3562 10140 3563 10112 3562 10109
      3537 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 281DEG 18KT 3554 10134

LFM

Special weather statement, May 2, 1:30 AM CDT, 22 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 1, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	34 min
May 2, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Roberts	40 min
May 2, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	34 min
May 2, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray	33 min
May 2, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Wheeler	46 min
May 2, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray	32 min
May 2, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	36 min
May 2, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	30 min
May 2, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	45 min
May 1, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	29 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.