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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Amarillo, TX

October 26, 2021Wheeler County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2021, 7:04 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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 26, 2021, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

275 
WUUS54 KAMA 270004
SVRAMA
TXC483-270045-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0286.211027T0004Z-211027T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
704 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a

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

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 703 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
  Sweetwater, or 16 miles northeast of Shamrock, moving northeast at
  40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Wheeler County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Amarillo.

&&

LAT...LON 3525 10002 3519 10019 3541 10020 3561 10000
      3527 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 218DEG 33KT 3541 10007 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Ferguson

2 follow-up statements

569 
WWUS54 KAMA 270020
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
720 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

TXC483-270045-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-211027T0045Z/
Wheeler TX-
720 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHEELER COUNTY...

At 720 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles north of Reydon to 8 miles west of Sweetwater
to 5 miles east of Shamrock, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Wheeler County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Amarillo.

&&

LAT...LON 3525 10002 3519 10019 3541 10020 3561 10000
      3527 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 214DEG 38KT 3570 9992 3539 10005 3520 10016 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Ferguson

529 
WWUS54 KAMA 270045
SVSAMA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
745 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

TXC483-270055-
/O.EXP.KAMA.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-211027T0045Z/
Wheeler TX-
745 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHEELER COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Amarillo.

LAT...LON 3525 10002 3519 10019 3541 10020 3561 10000
      3527 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 218DEG 33KT 3588 9975 3557 9988 3538 9999 

$$

Ferguson

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 27, 3:19 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more	16 hr
Oct 27, 2:06 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 6 more	12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.