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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2020, 3:53 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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 9, 2020, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2020, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Cimarron County, OK
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 9, 3:13 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:13 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:08 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 308 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-100815- 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- 308 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon through tonight. A few storms may be strong with gusty winds being the primary hazard. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected Monday and Tuesday. Damaging wind, hail, and heavy rainfall will be the main threats. Thunderstorm chances return Friday and Saturday, but its too early to say with much confidence the chances for severe weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:53 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 353 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020 OKZ001-092130- Cimarron OK- 353 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL CIMARRON COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... At 353 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles south of Campo, or 18 miles north of Boise City. This storm was nearly stationary. Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Cimarron County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches. && LAT...LON 3700 10238 3686 10238 3689 10262 3700 10263 TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 268DEG 4KT 3700 10254 Rutt
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 8, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 7:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Dallam | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 66 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.