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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 19, 20204 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2020, 5:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 46 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, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2020, 6:29 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hansford County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 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

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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 Jun 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:13 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:14 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:20 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
520 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2020

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

0519 PM     HAIL             7 SSE BORGER            35.57N 101.35W
06/19/2020  E0.75 INCH       CARSON             TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA2000416

ANDRADE

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
522 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2020

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

0515 PM     HAIL             1 SW BORGER             35.65N 101.41W
06/19/2020  M1.00 INCH       HUTCHINSON         TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA2000417

ANDRADE

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
525 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2020

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

0424 PM     HAIL             1 SSW WELLINGTON        34.85N 100.22W
06/19/2020  E1.00 INCH       COLLINGSWORTH      TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOSTLY DIME TO NICKEL WITH A FEW QUARTER SIZE
            HAILSTONES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA2000418

FERGUSON

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:26 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
526 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2020

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

0519 PM     HAIL             7 ENE AMARILLO          35.24N 101.70W
06/19/2020  M1.25 INCH       POTTER             TX   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            HAIL LASTED 4 MINUTES AND ENDED AT 523 PM.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA2000419

ANDRADE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson	33 min
Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Armstrong, Carson	114 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.