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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 16, 2021Lipscomb County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2021, 9:32 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
58 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), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 16, 9:46 PM CDTHAIL 1Higgins, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 16, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 331 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

303 
WUUS54 KAMA 170232
SVRAMA
TXC295-170330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0021.210317T0232Z-210317T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
932 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

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

* Until 1030 PM CDT.

* At 932 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Higgins, or
  14 miles southwest of 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 0232Z 222DEG 26KT 3612 10005 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TLH
1 follow-up statement
166 
WWUS54 KAMA 170321
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1021 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

TXC295-170331-
/O.EXP.KAMA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-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 3637 9977 

$$

TLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth44 min
Mar 16, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth33 min
Mar 16, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts43 min
Mar 16, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts34 min
Mar 16, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler27 min
Mar 16, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Roberts41 min
Mar 16, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb48 min
Mar 16, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb63 min
Mar 16, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson, Roberts40 min
Mar 16, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter, Roberts62 min
Mar 16, 10:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts4 hr
Mar 16, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson43 min
Mar 16, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray, Roberts36 min
Mar 16, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts and 1 more59 min
Mar 16, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb27 min
Mar 16, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts67 min
Mar 16, 11:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAGray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts, Wheeler5 hr
Mar 16, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts52 min
Mar 17, 3:16 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Wheeler15 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.