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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2021, 9:27 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Mar 16, 2021, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Lipscomb County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 9:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Higgins, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 519 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
873
WUUS54 KAMA 170227
SVRAMA
TXC295-170330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0020.210317T0227Z-210317T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
927 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Lipscomb County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 927 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Higgins, or
14 miles southeast of Lipscomb, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Follett and Higgins.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3606 10004 3623 10026 3649 10014 3647 10000
3606 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 222DEG 26KT 3609 10008
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TLH3 follow-up statements
739
WWUS54 KAMA 170241
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
941 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021
TXC295-170330-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210317T0330Z/
Lipscomb TX-
941 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY...
At 940 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Higgins, or 9
miles southwest of Shattuck, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Follett and Higgins.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3606 10004 3623 10026 3649 10014 3647 10000
3606 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 222DEG 26KT 3617 10000
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TLH111 WWUS54 KAMA 170254 SVSAMA Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 954 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 TXC295-170330- /O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210317T0330Z/ Lipscomb TX- 954 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY... At 954 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Shattuck, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Higgins. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3606 10004 3623 10026 3647 10000 3606 10000 TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 222DEG 26KT 3625 9991 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ TLH
100
WWUS54 KAMA 170321 RRA
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1021 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021
TXC295-170331-
/O.EXP.KAMA.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210317T0330Z/
Lipscomb TX-
1021 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3606 10004 3623 10026 3647 10000 3606 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 222DEG 26KT 3639 9976
$$
TLHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Roberts | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson, Roberts | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter, Roberts | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 10:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts and 1 more | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 67 min |
| Mar 16, 11:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts, Wheeler | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 52 min |
| Mar 17, 3:16 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Wheeler | 15 hr |
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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.