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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2021, 12:47 AM CDT for Armstrong County, Donley County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 10, 2021, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Armstrong County, TX, Donley County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 10, 12:20 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 12:20 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 224 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-100730- 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- 224 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible across much of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles late this afternoon and tonight. A few storms may become strong to severe in the far western sections of the area, with damaging winds the primary hazard. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms may develop across parts of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles Monday night through Tuesday night, and then again Friday evening. Any storms that form during this time period are expected to remain below severe levels at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited spotter activation may become necessary across far western sections of the area late this afternoon and evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 9, 8:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
842 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
TXZ006-011-100245-
Hartley TX-Oldham TX-
842 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN OLDHAM AND HARTLEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
At 841 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles north of Romero, or 12 miles southeast of Amistad, moving east
at 45 mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Hartley, Channing, Boys Ranch and Romero.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.
&&
LAT...LON 3604 10304 3604 10216 3540 10217 3557 10299
3560 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 278DEG 41KT 3581 10297
FergusonSpecial weather statement, May 9, 8:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 845 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021 TXZ016-017-100215- Randall TX-Deaf Smith TX- 845 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN RANDALL AND SOUTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT... At 844 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles west of Hereford to near Black to Friona. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Up to nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Hereford, Umbarger, Buffalo Lake and Dawn. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches. && LAT...LON 3475 10270 3500 10256 3495 10191 3475 10201 TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 293DEG 31KT 3486 10252 3469 10257 3462 10270 Ferguson
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1113 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021 TXZ016-100500- Deaf Smith TX- 1113 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... At 1113 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northeast of Bootleg, or 19 miles north of Friona, moving east at 40 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Hereford and Simms. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches. && LAT...LON 3475 10278 3502 10280 3508 10229 3475 10225 TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 265DEG 34KT 3492 10273 Guerrero
Special weather statement, May 10, 12:00 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 59 min |
| May 9, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 23 min |
| May 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 63 min |
| May 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 30 min |
| May 9, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 47 min |
| May 10, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 45 min |
| May 10, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 65 min |
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