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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 23, 2023Armstrong County, Donley County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2023, 7:14 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Donley County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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: May 23, 2023, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2023, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Donley County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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
May 23, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 344 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 23, 7:09 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 7:09 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 2:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 6:18 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 7:08 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Randall	2 hr
May 23, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	52 min
May 23, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	34 min
May 23, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	33 min
May 23, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	31 min
May 23, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	35 min
May 23, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	45 min
May 24, 2:53 PM CDT	Flood Watch	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore and 3 more	15 hr
May 24, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	58 min
May 24, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Oldham	62 min
May 24, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	32 min
May 24, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	24 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.