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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 17, 2021Texas County, Oklahoma; Sherman County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2021, 4:02 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma; Sherman County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 17, 2021, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2021, 4:36 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Texas County, OK, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

509 
WUUS54 KAMA 172102
SVRAMA
OKC139-TXC421-172200-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0210.210717T2102Z-210717T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
402 PM CDT Sat Jul 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Texas County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...
  Northeastern Sherman County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 402 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Goodwell, or
  11 miles southwest of Guymon, moving southeast at 10 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...
  Goodwell and Texhoma. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3656 10139 3644 10182 3667 10183 3672 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 331DEG 8KT 3662 10167 

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

Guerrero

1 follow-up statement

761 
WWUS54 KAMA 172136
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
436 PM CDT Sat Jul 17 2021

OKC139-TXC421-172146-
/O.CAN.KAMA.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-210717T2200Z/
Texas OK-Sherman TX-
436 PM CDT Sat Jul 17 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS AND
NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES 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 3656 10139 3644 10182 3667 10183 3672 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 331DEG 8KT 3655 10162 

$$

Guerrero

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	16 min
Jul 17, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	30 min
Jul 17, 5:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Texas	2 hr
Jul 17, 9:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	55 min
Jul 17, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	64 min
Jul 17, 2:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	2 hr
Jul 17, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	55 min
Jul 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	60 min
Jul 16, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	28 min
Jul 16, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley	24 min
Jul 16, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	36 min
Jul 16, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	34 min
Jul 17, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	32 min
Jul 17, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	27 min
Jul 17, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	31 min
Jul 17, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	60 min
Jul 17, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	55 min
Jul 17, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	60 min
Jul 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	63 min
Jul 17, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	65 min
Jul 17, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray	57 min
Jul 17, 3:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	105 min
Jul 17, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	61 min
Jul 17, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	59 min
Jul 17, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	53 min
Jul 17, 4:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Armstrong	98 min
Jul 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	43 min
Jul 17, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	37 min
Jul 17, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	24 min
Jul 17, 6:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter, Randall	3 hr
Jul 17, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	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.