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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 31, 2021Dallam County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT for Dallam 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 31, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

County Dallam County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2021-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 387 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 2021-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

147 
WWUS84 KAMA 312321
SPSAMA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
621 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
 
TXZ001-006-312345-
Hartley TX-Dallam TX-
621 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN DALLAM AND WESTERN
HARTLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

At 620 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Ware, or 20 miles north of Dalhart, moving west at 15
mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Texline, Ware and Romero. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches.
 
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 10304 3650 10247 3570 10281 3573 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 067DEG 12KT 3634 10265 

$$

LFM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts33 min
Jul 31, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts23 min
Jul 31, 4:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMARoberts3 hr
Jul 31, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARoberts31 min
Jul 31, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill34 min
Jul 31, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam32 min
Jul 31, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter26 min
Jul 31, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson37 min
Jul 31, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter31 min
Jul 31, 6:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter3 hr
Jul 31, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall51 min
Jul 31, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron34 min
Jul 31, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron23 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.