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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 7, 2021Gray County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT for Gray 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
Jul 7, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

County Gray County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 315 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

967 
WWUS84 KAMA 072021
SPSAMA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
321 PM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021
 
TXZ008-009-013-014-072045-
Hutchinson TX-Gray TX-Roberts TX-Carson TX-
321 PM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CARSON...
SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

At 320 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Pampa, moving south at 15 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. 

Locations impacted include...
Pampa, Skellytown and Kingsmill. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.
 
&&

LAT...LON 3580 10127 3574 10082 3541 10083 3550 10130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 019DEG 14KT 3568 10103 

$$

LFM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 11:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHansford, Hutchinson3 hr
Jul 7, 6:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAMoore, Potter3 hr
Jul 7, 7:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall2 hr
Jul 7, 8:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMARandall3 hr
Jul 7, 9:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningAMACarson, Potter, Randall112 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.