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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 24, 2021Lipscomb County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 5:09 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 24, 2021, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 5:33 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 662 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-380 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

771 
WUUS54 KAMA 242209
SVRAMA
TXC295-242245-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0154.210624T2209Z-210624T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
509 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Lipscomb County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 508 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
  Lipscomb, moving northeast at 30 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...
  Lipscomb, Follett and Darrouzett. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3613 10034 3621 10054 3650 10045 3643 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 206DEG 25KT 3624 10040 

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

TLH
2 follow-up statements
887 
WWUS54 KAMA 242215
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
515 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

TXC295-242245-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-210624T2245Z/
Lipscomb TX-
515 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY...

At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest of
Lipscomb, moving northeast at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Lipscomb, Follett and Darrouzett. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3613 10034 3621 10054 3650 10045 3643 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 206DEG 25KT 3628 10037 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TLH
384 
WWUS54 KAMA 242233
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
533 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

TXC295-242243-
/O.CAN.KAMA.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-210624T2245Z/
Lipscomb TX-
533 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LIPSCOMB COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3613 10034 3621 10054 3650 10045 3643 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 206DEG 25KT 3640 10030 

$$

TLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham24 min
Jun 24, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson36 min
Jun 24, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson28 min
Jun 24, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb55 min
Jun 24, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts36 min
Jun 24, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam, Hartley40 min
Jun 24, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley, Oldham25 min
Jun 24, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam35 min
Jun 24, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham, Sherman37 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.