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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 15, 2021Moore County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT for Moore 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 15, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

County Moore County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 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 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

525 
WWUS84 KAMA 160021
SPSAMA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
721 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
 
TXZ002-003-007-008-160045-
Hutchinson TX-Sherman TX-Hansford TX-Moore TX-
721 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON...
SOUTHWESTERN HANSFORD...SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND NORTHEASTERN MOORE
COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

At 721 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles east of Sunray, or 16 miles northeast of Dumas. This storm was
nearly stationary.

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

Locations impacted include...
Sunray.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LAT...LON 3590 10168 3600 10187 3620 10181 3606 10149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 211DEG 4KT 3602 10173 

$$

Rutt

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAMoore3 hr
Jul 15, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb29 min
Jul 15, 7:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMALipscomb, Ochiltree2 hr
Jul 15, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford34 min
Jul 15, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb, Ochiltree47 min
Jul 16, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron32 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.