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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 5, 2023Armstrong County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2023, 11:46 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 5, 2023, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2023, 12:27 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2023-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1737 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 Jul 5, 7:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 7:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
239 PM CDT Wed Jul 5 2023

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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-
239 PM CDT Wed Jul 5 2023

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon, with increasing chances
this evening into tonight. These chances will range from 60 to 70
percent in the Oklahoma Panhandle to around 20 to 30 percent in
the southern Texas Panhandle. Some of these storms will be strong
to severe with initial threats being hail up to 2 inches in
diameter, 70mph wind gusts and a tornado or two. Late tonight into
the overnight, a line of storms will drop south into the combined
Panhandles and bring the main risk of damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Additional storms may be possible later Thursday and Friday
afternoons into the evening hours. Some of these storms could be
strong to severe. Thunderstorms will also be possible through the
weekend but severity and coverage potential will be monitored on a
day by day basis.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon into this evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:12 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:27 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:44 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatAMACollingsworth, Wheeler73 min
Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMACollingsworth35 min
Jul 5, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley42 min
Jul 5, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMASherman30 min
Jul 5, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMADeaf Smith, Oldham66 min
Jul 5, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMADeaf Smith44 min
Jul 5, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford37 min
Jul 5, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree61 min
Jul 5, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall76 min
Jul 5, 11:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADeaf Smith, Randall3 hr
Jul 5, 11:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb, Ochiltree31 min
Jul 6, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall31 min
Jul 6, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb29 min
Jul 6, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall89 min
Jul 6, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall67 min
Jul 6, 2:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley38 min
Jul 6, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley31 min
Jul 6, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree27 min
Jul 6, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts66 min
Jul 6, 3:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley27 min
Jul 6, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore29 min
Jul 6, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler30 min
Jul 6, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler35 min
Jul 6, 5:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam26 min
Jul 6, 5:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler37 min
Jul 6, 5:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth31 min
Jul 5, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver33 min
Jul 6, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMACimarron, Texas85 min
Jul 6, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMATexas37 min
Jul 6, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas62 min
Jul 6, 2:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver, Texas38 min
Jul 6, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMATexas34 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.