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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 21, 2021Hemphill County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 7:08 AM CDT for Hemphill County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 21, 2021, 7:08 AM CDT (12:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

County Hemphill County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 270 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2695 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
2695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-0.7

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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 21, 5:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 5:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
307 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021

OKZ001-002-210845-
Cimarron OK-Texas OK-
307 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN TEXAS AND
NORTHEASTERN CIMARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT...

At 306 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Keyes, or 19 miles west of Elkhart, moving east at 20
mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Keyes, Eva and Sturgis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10159 3666 10165 3676 10237 3699 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 268DEG 19KT 3692 10224

LG
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
329 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021

OKZ003-210930-
Beaver OK-
329 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 430
AM CDT...

At 329 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles south of Hayne, moving east at 35 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Forgan, Gate, Knowles, Mocane and Floris.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

&&

LAT...LON 3678 10000 3686 10086 3700 10089 3700 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0829Z 260DEG 31KT 3698 10079

LG
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
339 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021

OKZ002-210930-
Texas OK-
339 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM
CDT...

At 339 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 5 miles southwest of Elkhart to 8 miles north
of Texhoma. Movement was east at 25 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Guymon, Goodwell, Optima, Eva and Hough.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.

&&

LAT...LON 3652 10130 3654 10187 3694 10203 3699 10203
      3700 10136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 260DEG 24KT 3693 10195 3663 10182

LG
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:08 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall28 min
Jun 20, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall52 min
Jun 21, 7:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill, Wheeler49 min
Jun 21, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver61 min
Jun 21, 3:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMATexas51 min
Jun 21, 4:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMATexas52 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.