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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2020, 5:12 PM CDT for Carson County, Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 19, 2020, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2020, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 19, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 357 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2020 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-201100- 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- 357 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible through tonight across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Some storms will have the potential to become strong to severe, with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 11 PM this evening for the south central and southeast Texas Panhandle. In addition, heavy rainfall may accompany the strongest, slow moving storms, which may lead to localized flooding or flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Thunderstorms will be possible Saturday and Saturday evening over eastern sections of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. If storms form, they are expected to remain below severe levels at this time. Additional thunderstorms will be possible Sunday evening through Thursday across at least parts of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Some storms will have the potential to become strong to severe, with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may become necessary late this afternoon and evening. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the National Weather Service while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. 02
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 19, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Moore | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 68 min |
| Jun 19, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Moore | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 68 min |
| Jun 19, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 4:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 5:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 4:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 79 min |
| Jun 19, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 114 min |
| Jun 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 67 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.