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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 13, 2021Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 13, 2021, 5:01 PM CST for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 13, 2021, 5:01 PM CST (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2021, 5:30 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

County Texas County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 12:00Z on 2021-03-13Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 327 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
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 13, 3:43 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:43 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 3:13 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
313 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-141100-
Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth-
Palo Duro Canyon-
313 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected to continue through this evening across
the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Some storms will become severe,
with very large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, some of which may
be strong and long-lived, and flash flooding all possible. A
Tornado Watch remains in effect until 6 PM CST for the southwest
and parts of the central Texas Panhandle. A Tornado Watch is also
in effect for the eastern half of the Texas Panhandle until 9 PM
CST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely this afternoon and evening.

02

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Local storm report, Mar 13, 3:58 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 13, 4:13 PM CST, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:01 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 6:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham36 min
Mar 12, 6:24 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith51 min
Mar 12, 7:02 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryAMACarson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill and 9 more16 hr
Mar 12, 7:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore34 min
Mar 12, 7:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham48 min
Mar 12, 7:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter66 min
Mar 12, 7:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham48 min
Mar 12, 7:58 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter47 min
Mar 12, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts55 min
Mar 12, 8:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter36 min
Mar 12, 9:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Potter, Roberts79 min
Mar 12, 9:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts19 min
Mar 12, 10:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler29 min
Mar 13, 7:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham34 min
Mar 13, 7:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore25 min
Mar 13, 7:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Sherman31 min
Mar 13, 8:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMASherman34 min
Mar 13, 8:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAMoore33 min
Mar 13, 1:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham27 min
Mar 13, 1:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley30 min
Mar 13, 1:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham51 min
Mar 13, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham66 min
Mar 13, 2:42 PM CSTTornado WarningAMADallam, Hartley, Moore33 min
Mar 13, 3:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall63 min
Mar 13, 3:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMASherman31 min
Mar 13, 3:21 PM CSTTornado WarningAMARandall39 min
Mar 13, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter60 min
Mar 13, 3:34 PM CSTTornado WarningAMASherman26 min
Mar 13, 3:34 PM CSTTornado WarningAMAMoore26 min
Mar 13, 3:50 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatAMAArmstrong, Randall40 min
Mar 13, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall45 min
Mar 13, 4:21 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatAMAArmstrong, Carson39 min
Mar 13, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman60 min
Mar 13, 4:42 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray48 min
Mar 13, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WarningAMACarson, Gray38 min
Mar 13, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong, Donley46 min
Mar 13, 5:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray31 min
Mar 13, 5:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson30 min
Mar 13, 5:43 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMADonley47 min

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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.