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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 23, 2021Oldham County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2197 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson36 min
Jun 24, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson28 min
Jun 24, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb55 min
Jun 24, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts36 min
Jun 24, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb24 min
Jun 24, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam, Hartley40 min
Jun 24, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley, Oldham25 min
Jun 24, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam35 min
Jun 24, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham, Sherman37 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.