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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 29, 2022Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2022, 9:22 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2022, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2022, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2022-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 654 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2022-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 331 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
473 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 29, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 1:44 PM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
144 PM CDT Mon Aug 29 2022

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-300845-
Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth-
Palo Duro Canyon-
144 PM CDT Mon Aug 29 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms will be possible today across the Panhandles. The
better chances will be to the south. Storms could be severe with
wind and hail as the main threats. Localized heavy rainfall could
lead to flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Thunderstorms possible again on Tuesday. Coverage will be very
limited and isolated to the far south on Tuesday. Thunderstorms
will be possible again Friday night across the western and central
Panhandles. Thunderstorms are not expected to be severe at this
time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 5:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOchiltree27 min
Aug 29, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOchiltree31 min
Aug 29, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree47 min
Aug 29, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver37 min
Aug 29, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver29 min
Aug 29, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas59 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.