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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 1, 2021Hartley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2021, 5:49 PM CDT for Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 1, 2021, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

County Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 338 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 2021-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 1, 1:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 1:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
119 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-020630-
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-
119 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible today and tonight across the Oklahoma
and Texas Panhandles. Isolated storms may become severe across
western and central sections of the area, with large hail and
damaging winds the primary hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Thunderstorms will be possible across parts of the Oklahoma and
Texas Panhandles Wednesday through Thursday evening, and then
again Sunday afternoon through Monday. Isolated storms may become
severe, with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Limited spotter activation may become necessary late this
afternoon and evening across western and central sections of the
Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
549 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021

TXZ006-012330-
Hartley TX-
549 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HARTLEY COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

At 549 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles northeast of Amistad, moving south at 15 mph.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern
Hartley County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

&&

LAT...LON 3606 10304 3606 10282 3581 10279 3581 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 000DEG 11KT 3601 10299

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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.