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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 26, 2021Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; Ochiltree County, Texas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 6:42 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Bryans Corner, OKACCUMULATING 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1081 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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
 
$$

Ward
1 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
 
$$

Ward

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMATexas64 min
May 26, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver62 min
May 25, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall62 min
May 25, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore30 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb, Ochiltree53 min
May 25, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall35 min
May 25, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree56 min
May 25, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore54 min
May 25, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall34 min
May 25, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOchiltree24 min
May 25, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson53 min
May 25, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree35 min
May 25, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson36 min
May 25, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts66 min
May 25, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts27 min
May 25, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADonley26 min
May 25, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Donley36 min
May 26, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley59 min
May 26, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMASherman32 min
May 26, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall60 min
May 26, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall26 min
May 26, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford52 min
May 26, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson, Potter62 min
May 26, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall49 min
May 26, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson32 min
May 26, 6:24 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAHansford51 min
May 26, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOchiltree53 min
May 26, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Potter, Roberts62 min
May 26, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall58 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.