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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2021, 8:21 PM CDT for Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 23, 2021, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Oldham County, TX
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 2197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
852 WWUS84 KAMA 240121 SPSAMA Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 821 PM CDT Wed Jun 23 2021 TXZ011-016-240145- Deaf Smith TX-Oldham TX- 821 PM CDT Wed Jun 23 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OLDHAM AND NORTHWESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... At 821 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Glenrio, or 31 miles south of Nara Visa, moving northeast at 20 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Glenrio. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches. && LAT...LON 3531 10304 3533 10302 3512 10285 3505 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 238DEG 18KT 3516 10306 $$ DGW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Sherman | 37 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.