Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 6:35 PM CDT for Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 70 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2021, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Bryans Corner, OK | ACCUMULATING HAIL OCCURRING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted.
075
WUUS54 KAMA 262335
SVRAMA
OKC007-139-TXC357-270045-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0116.210526T2335Z-210527T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
635 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Beaver County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...
Southeastern Texas County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...
Northern Ochiltree County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Hardesty, or 15 miles northwest of Perryton, moving east at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Bryans Corner and Boyd.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3646 10054 3645 10055 3643 10109 3650 10109
3650 10111 3655 10112 3679 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 249DEG 16KT 3652 10104
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Ward1 follow-up statement
948
WWUS54 KAMA 270009
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
709 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
OKC007-139-TXC357-270045-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-210527T0045Z/
Beaver OK-Texas OK-Ochiltree TX-
709 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BEAVER...SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AND NORTHERN OCHILTREE
COUNTIES...
At 709 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of
Bryans Corner, or 10 miles north of Perryton, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Bryans Corner.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3646 10054 3645 10055 3645 10109 3650 10109
3650 10111 3653 10106 3673 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 275DEG 22KT 3654 10083
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WardThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 64 min |
| May 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 62 min |
| May 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 62 min |
| May 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 30 min |
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 53 min |
| May 25, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 35 min |
| May 25, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 56 min |
| May 25, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 54 min |
| May 25, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 34 min |
| May 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 24 min |
| May 25, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 53 min |
| May 25, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 35 min |
| May 25, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 36 min |
| May 25, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 66 min |
| May 25, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 27 min |
| May 25, 11:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 26 min |
| May 25, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 36 min |
| May 26, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 59 min |
| May 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 60 min |
| May 26, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 26 min |
| May 26, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 52 min |
| May 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Potter | 62 min |
| May 26, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 49 min |
| May 26, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 51 min |
| May 26, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 53 min |
| May 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Potter, Roberts | 62 min |
| May 26, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall | 58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.