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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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
- Oct 12, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
836 WUUS54 KAMA 130400 SVRAMA OKC007-TXC295-357-130500- /O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0281.211013T0400Z-211013T0500Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1100 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021 The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Beaver County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma... Northern Lipscomb County in the Panhandle of Texas... Northeastern Ochiltree County in the Panhandle of Texas... * Until midnight CDT. * At 1100 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles north of Knowles to 5 miles southeast of Booker, moving east at 35 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... Booker, Darrouzett, Gate, Knowles and Slapout. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3648 10000 3628 10068 3700 10030 3700 10000 TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 250DEG 32KT 3696 10018 3639 10048 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Ward
1 follow-up statement
499
WWUS54 KAMA 130436
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1136 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021
TXC357-130446-
/O.CAN.KAMA.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-211013T0500Z/
Ochiltree TX-
1136 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for the Panhandle
of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3634 10047 3671 10015 3700 10006 3700 10000
3648 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 233DEG 53KT 3649 10013
$$
OKC007-TXC295-130500-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-211013T0500Z/
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
1136 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR EASTERN BEAVER AND NORTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTIES...
At 1136 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
Follett, or 19 miles northeast of Lipscomb, moving northeast at 60
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...
Darrouzett, Gate and Slapout.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for the Panhandle
of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
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 3634 10047 3671 10015 3700 10006 3700 10000
3648 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 233DEG 53KT 3649 10013
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
WardThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Sherman | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 37 min |
| Oct 12, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 41 min |
| Oct 12, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 42 min |
| Oct 12, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 53 min |
| Oct 12, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 56 min |
| Oct 12, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 82 min |
| Oct 12, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Roberts | 30 min |
| Oct 12, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 33 min |
| Oct 12, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 61 min |
| Oct 13, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 59 min |
| Oct 13, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Wheeler | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 12:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 63 min |
| Oct 12, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 25 min |
| Oct 12, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 44 min |
| Oct 12, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Texas | 33 min |
| Oct 12, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 54 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.