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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 3, 2021Wheeler County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2021, 8:52 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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: May 3, 2021, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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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 May 3, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 1:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
155 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-040900-
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-
155 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and tonight. A few
storms may become strong, with up to nickel size hail possible
with the strongest storms. Severe storms are not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Thunderstorms will be possible in the far eastern combined
Panhandles Wednesday night. Severe storms are not expected at this
time.

Thunderstorms will be possible again on Friday night. Widespread
severe weather is not expected at this time.

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will be possible
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, mainly in the western Panhandles.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 2:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
258 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

TXZ007-032030-
Moore TX-
258 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOORE COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM CDT...

At 258 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Four Way, or 16 miles southwest of Dumas, moving
northeast at 15 mph.

Dime size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dumas and Four Way.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

&&

LAT...LON 3577 10216 3595 10211 3582 10178 3562 10203
      3562 10214 3563 10216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 208DEG 15KT 3566 10211

Rutt

Special weather statement, May 3, 3:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
336 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

OKZ003-TXZ004-005-032130-
Beaver OK-Ochiltree TX-Lipscomb TX-
336 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BEAVER...
NORTHWESTERN LIPSCOMB AND NORTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES UNTIL 430
PM CDT...

At 336 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 5 miles southwest of Bryans Corner to 4 miles
southeast of Perryton. Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

Dime size hail will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Perryton, Beaver, Booker, Darrouzett, Elmwood, Bryans Corner, Boyd
and Balko.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3671 10037 3644 10029 3625 10077 3645 10083
      3654 10095 3662 10095 3689 10061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 234DEG 30KT 3657 10088 3648 10077 3636 10073

Ward

Special weather statement, May 3, 4:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
421 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

OKZ003-TXZ005-032215-
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
421 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BEAVER AND NORTHEASTERN
LIPSCOMB COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

At 420 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 4 miles northeast of Elmwood to 13 miles west
of Slapout to Darrouzett. Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

Dime size hail will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Follett, Darrouzett, Gate, Knowles and Slapout.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3644 10000 3639 10039 3657 10041 3667 10057
      3700 10010 3700 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 237DEG 30KT 3668 10048 3659 10036 3645 10034

Ward

Local storm report, May 3, 4:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	47 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.