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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2023, 3:41 PM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 13, 2023, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2023, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Deaf Smith County, TX, Oldham County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 13, 2:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Amarillo TX 321 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-140830- 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- 321 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A Heat Advisory is in effect for this afternoon across portions of the central and eastern Texas Panhandle due to heat index values of 105 to 110 degrees expected. An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for Palo Duro Canyon State Park as temperatures and heat index values could exceed 110 degrees on the canyon floor today. Thunderstorms will be possible across the Panhandles through tonight. Some storms could be severe with large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding all possible. A tornado is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Thunderstorms are possible Friday through Sunday. Thunderstorms may have the chance to become severe with large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding being the main threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:01 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:59 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AMA | Randall | 16 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:59 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Roberts and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 4:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 4:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Deaf Smith | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Cimarron | 49 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.