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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 8:42 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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
- May 26, 2021, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 9:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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.
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
045
WUUS54 KAMA 270142
SVRAMA
OKC007-TXC295-357-270245-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0124.210527T0142Z-210527T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
842 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 945 PM CDT.
* At 842 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Booker, or 12
miles east of Perryton, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect some tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings. People and animals
outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs,
siding, windows, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Booker, Follett and Darrouzett.
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 3632 10065 3651 10069 3660 10023 3633 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 261DEG 24KT 3642 10059
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
Ward3 follow-up statements
850
WWUS54 KAMA 270151
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
851 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
OKC007-TXC295-357-270245-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210527T0245Z/
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-Ochiltree TX-
851 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEAVER...NORTHERN LIPSCOMB AND NORTHEASTERN
OCHILTREE COUNTIES...
At 851 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Booker, or 16
miles east of Perryton, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect some tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings. Hail damage to vehicles is
expected.
Locations impacted include...
Booker, Follett and Darrouzett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3632 10056 3651 10060 3660 10023 3633 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 261DEG 24KT 3643 10051
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
Ward338
WWUS54 KAMA 270206
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
906 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
TXC357-270216-
/O.CAN.KAMA.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210527T0245Z/
Ochiltree TX-
906 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3639 10040 3655 10042 3660 10023 3638 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 254DEG 30KT 3649 10025
$$
OKC007-TXC295-270245-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210527T0245Z/
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
906 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEAVER AND NORTHEASTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTIES...
At 906 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast of
Darrouzett, or 17 miles north of Lipscomb, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail
damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Follett and Darrouzett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3639 10040 3655 10042 3660 10023 3638 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 254DEG 30KT 3649 10025
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Ward604
WWUS54 KAMA 270221
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
921 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
OKC007-TXC295-270230-
/O.CAN.KAMA.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210527T0245Z/
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
921 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEAVER AND
NORTHEASTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for the
Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3639 10040 3655 10042 3660 10023 3638 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 261DEG 24KT 3651 10013
$$
WardThe 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, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 57 min |
| May 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | 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, 8:46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.