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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2020, 10:56 PM CDT for Dallam County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dallam County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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, 5:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 5:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 544 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2020 .AVIATION... For the 00z TAFs: Main thing will be the thunderstorms through the beginning of this cycle. Amarillo will have showers and thunderstorms in the vicinity through the next couple hours, and KDHT/KGUY will follow suit here shortly with thunderstorm potential going through about midnight. Erratic wind speeds, MVFR ceilings, and limited visibility from heavy rainfall will be the main items of concern. Ceilings will improve late this evening, but MVFR condition could redevelop between midnight and sunrise with saturated lower levels from rainfall. Guerrero && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 428 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2020/ DISCUSSION... Rather busy this afternoon with severe weather ongoing in Amarillo as of this writing. Severe Thunderstorm Watch 285 recently issued covering the south central and southeast Texas Panhandle until 11 PM this evening. The initial storms are forming along the cold frontal boundary which has stalled out over the southern Texas Panhandle. Expect showers and storms to continue developing across this area through the evening hours, with additional showers and storms also anticipated to affect the OK and nrn TX Panhandles from northeast New Mexico this evening and tonight as an upper level shortwave trof traverses the region. The main severe weather hazards will be large hail and damaging winds. In addition, the strongest, slow moving storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, resulting in localized flooding or flash flooding. The precipitation will gradually diminish from west to east between 06Z and 12Z Saturday, with lingering showers and a few storms across the far eastern zones Saturday morning. Another round of showers and thunderstorms may develop Saturday afternoon into the evening for mainly the east central and southeast Texas Panhandle in the region of residual surface boundaries coupled with sufficient daytime heating and attendant atmospheric instability. If storms form, they should remain just below severe levels at this time as parameters are not forecast to be as favorable compared to today. This will need to be further assessed by later shifts. The upper level pattern is then progged to become northwest late in the weekend and persist through the middle of next week. This is a favorable steering flow for bringing showers and storms into the OK and TX Panhandles mainly during the evening and nighttime hours from Monday through Thursday night. Slgt chc to chc pops during this time frame offered by the NBM guidance seem plausible and were utilized. Kept next Friday dry at this time as more of a westerly upper level flow commences if the medium range models verify. 02 && .AMA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... TX...None. OK...None. && 99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:57 PM CDT, 6 hours 59 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
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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, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Wheeler | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Moore, Sherman | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Sherman | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 3:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 84 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.