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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 10:42 PM CDT for Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2021, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 55
County Gray County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 11:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 N Pampa, TX | REPORT RECEIVED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. HAIL LASTED ABOUT 20 SECONDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
392
WWUS84 KAMA 080342
SPSAMA
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1042 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
TXZ008-009-013-014-080445-
Hutchinson TX-Gray TX-Roberts TX-Carson TX-
1042 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Carson,
southeastern Hutchinson, northern Gray and southern Roberts Counties
through 1145 PM CDT...
At 1042 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles north of Skellytown, or 11 miles east of Borger, moving east at
35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Pampa, Lefors, Skellytown, Kingsmill and Codman.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 3555 10136 3581 10130 3583 10065 3539 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 279DEG 31KT 3566 10119
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
WardThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Sherman | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 12:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson, Roberts | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 9:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Texas | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Beaver | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.