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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2020, 1:55 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 6, 2020, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2020, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Carson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 6, 12:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 12:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 155 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2020 TXZ013-014-018-061930- Gray TX-Carson TX-Armstrong TX- 155 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG... SOUTHEASTERN CARSON AND WEST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... At 154 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles northwest of Groom, or 12 miles southeast of Panhandle, moving northeast at 20 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... White Deer and Groom. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3513 10115 3523 10134 3551 10119 3536 10091 TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 211DEG 15KT 3525 10120 Bieda
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 61 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.