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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2020, 7:21 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2020, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2020, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Hutchinson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
849 WWUS84 KAMA 200021 SPSAMA Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 721 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 TXZ007-008-200045- Hutchinson TX-Moore TX- 721 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... At 721 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4 miles west of Sanford, or 12 miles west of Borger, moving north at 20 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Fritch, Stinnett and Sanford. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches. Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3564 10150 3566 10168 3592 10175 3590 10142 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 182DEG 18KT 3573 10161 $$ Ward
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Sherman | 72 min |
| Jul 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 8:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Roberts | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 19 min |
| Jul 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter, Randall | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 38 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.