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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 16, 2021Roberts County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2021, 12:39 PM CDT for Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports 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
Aug 16, 2021, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 1:08 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 609 Nnw Pampa, TXSPOTTER ESTIMATES A 60 MPH GUST WITH TREES BENDING NEARLY 90 DEGREES.
Aug 16, 1:08 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 609 Nnw Pampa, TXCORRECTS REPORT SOURCE FROM PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 9 NNW PAMPA. SPOTTER ESTIMATES A 60 MPH GUST WITH TREES BENDING NEARLY 90 DEGREES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2021-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 894 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
894 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

860 
WUUS54 KAMA 161739
SVRAMA
TXC393-161845-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0254.210816T1739Z-210816T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1239 PM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Roberts County in the Panhandle of Texas...

* Until 145 PM CDT.

* At 1239 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of
  Pampa, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. 
           People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Roberts County.

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 3564 10107 3579 10108 3590 10078 3565 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 255DEG 9KT 3573 10097 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MJG
1 follow-up statement
892 
WWUS54 KAMA 161800
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
100 PM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021

TXC393-161845-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0254.000000T0000Z-210816T1845Z/
Roberts TX-
100 PM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY...

At 100 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northwest
of Codman, or 12 miles north of Pampa, and is nearly stationary.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Roberts County.

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 3564 10107 3579 10108 3590 10078 3565 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 258DEG 3KT 3573 10095 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MJG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 7:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAGray, Roberts3 hr
Aug 16, 7:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts35 min
Aug 16, 10:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMALipscomb118 min
Aug 16, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOchiltree32 min
Aug 16, 12:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson33 min
Aug 16, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningAMARoberts34 min
Aug 16, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham32 min
Aug 16, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Roberts63 min
Aug 16, 1:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAGray39 min
Aug 16, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray51 min
Aug 16, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore36 min
Aug 16, 2:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAGray, Roberts2 hr
Aug 16, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMACarson, Gray51 min
Aug 16, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMADonley, Gray57 min
Aug 16, 3:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson3 hr
Aug 16, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADonley33 min
Aug 16, 4:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMARandall3 hr
Aug 16, 4:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADeaf Smith, Oldham3 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.