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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Amarillo, TX

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

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 7:33 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports 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, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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, 8:11 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 62	7 E Elmwood, OK
May 26, 8:23 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	8 E Perryton, TX

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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1992 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 22.5

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The text

As transmitted.

170 
WUUS54 KAMA 270033
SVRAMA
OKC007-TXC295-357-270130-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0121.210527T0033Z-210527T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
733 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Beaver County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...
  Northern Lipscomb County in the Panhandle of Texas...
  Northeastern Ochiltree County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 733 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
  of Booker, or 10 miles east of Perryton, moving northeast 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...
  Booker, Follett, Darrouzett and Wolf Creek Park. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3620 10067 3644 10079 3667 10038 3634 10000
      3629 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 237DEG 24KT 3637 10063 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Ward

1 follow-up statement

411 
WWUS54 KAMA 270115
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
815 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

TXC357-270124-
/O.CAN.KAMA.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-210527T0130Z/
Ochiltree TX-
815 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm has been replaced by a tornado waring. 

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.

LAT...LON 3637 10053 3658 10053 3667 10038 3642 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 239DEG 12KT 3648 10052 

$$

OKC007-TXC295-270130-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-210527T0130Z/
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
815 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEAVER AND NORTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTIES...

At 814 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Booker, or 17
miles east of Perryton, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail 
         damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Follett and Darrouzett. 

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 3637 10053 3658 10053 3667 10038 3642 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 239DEG 12KT 3648 10052 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Ward

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	44 min
May 26, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson	44 min
May 26, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	51 min
May 26, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	50 min
May 26, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	38 min
May 26, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	65 min
May 26, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	59 min
May 26, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	39 min
May 26, 8:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	3 hr
May 26, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Deaf Smith, Randall	43 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	35 min
May 26, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	41 min
May 27, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	50 min
May 27, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	43 min
May 27, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	34 min
May 27, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	24 min
May 26, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	33 min
May 27, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	63 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.