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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 3, 2019Hutchinson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2019, 6:49 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2019, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2019, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Hutchinson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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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: 2302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 3, 6:15 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:15 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
443 PM CDT Wed Apr 3 2019

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-040945-
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-
443 PM CDT Wed Apr 3 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10 PM for parts of
the Texas Panhandles. Large hail and damaging winds will be the
main threat. Cannot rule out an isolated tornado as well.

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

Thunderstorms are possible Friday and Saturday. Chances of thunderstorms
reaching severe limits remain low at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed through this evening
across the areas in the Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for
elevated fire weather conditions this afternoon and Friday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
452 PM CDT WED APR 03 2019

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

0443 PM     HAIL             9 S CLARENDON           34.80N 100.90W
04/03/2019  M1.00 INCH       DONLEY             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF'S DEPUTY REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1900424

BIEDA

Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
455 PM CDT WED APR 03 2019

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

0447 PM     HAIL             4 WSW BORGER            35.64N 101.47W
04/03/2019  M1.00 INCH       HUTCHINSON         TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1900425

BIEDA

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:06 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:49 PM CDT, 0 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
Apr 3, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter	28 min
Apr 3, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	24 min
Apr 3, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	24 min
Apr 3, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Roberts	62 min
Apr 3, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	36 min
Apr 3, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	24 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	29 min
Apr 3, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	34 min
Apr 3, 5:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson	43 min
Apr 3, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	25 min
Apr 3, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	24 min

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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.