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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 18, 2021Carson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 18, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

County Carson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 8 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-18Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

528 
WWUS84 KAMA 182021
SPSAMA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
321 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021
 
TXZ012-013-017-018-317-182100-
Potter TX-Palo Duro Canyon TX-Randall TX-Carson TX-Armstrong TX-
321 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG...
NORTHEASTERN RANDALL...WESTERN CARSON AND EASTERN POTTER COUNTIES
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

At 321 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southwest of Washburn, or 12 miles southeast of Amarillo,
moving north at 30 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Amarillo, Fritch, Washburn and Pantex. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.
 
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3505 10175 3562 10183 3562 10130 3504 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 182DEG 28KT 3513 10164 

$$

LG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMARandall21 min
May 17, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman60 min
May 17, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Randall60 min
May 17, 7:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMARandall3 hr
May 17, 7:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Hartley, Oldham36 min
May 17, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Randall27 min
May 17, 7:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
May 17, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore24 min
May 17, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter and 1 more76 min
May 17, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Sherman55 min
May 17, 8:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMADallam, Hartley, Oldham52 min
May 17, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray66 min
May 17, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam, Sherman34 min
May 17, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Roberts67 min
May 17, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter and 2 more60 min
May 17, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford, Hemphill, Ochiltree, Roberts23 min
May 17, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts62 min
May 17, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb49 min
May 18, 6:43 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall2 hr
May 18, 10:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith44 min
May 18, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith62 min
May 18, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham97 min
May 18, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter90 min
May 18, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson44 min
May 18, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Randall86 min
May 18, 5:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
May 18, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson33 min
May 18, 5:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Hutchinson3 hr
May 18, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson42 min
May 18, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson47 min
May 17, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron25 min
May 17, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron49 min
May 18, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron46 min
May 18, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron51 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.