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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2021, 7:20 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Hutchinson County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
490 WWUS84 KAMA 190020 SPSAMA Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 720 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021 TXZ008-009-013-190045- Hutchinson TX-Roberts TX-Carson TX- 720 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CARSON... SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON AND WEST CENTRAL ROBERTS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... At 718 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms. One was 7 miles southeast of Borger and the other was 4 miles northeast of Borger, moving north at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Borger and Skellytown. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3546 10126 3551 10147 3589 10142 3582 10097 TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 196DEG 15KT 3556 10135 $$ LG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Roberts | 90 min |
| May 18, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler | 68 min |
| May 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 55 min |
| May 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 60 min |
| May 19, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 58 min |
| May 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.