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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2023, 6:02 PM CDT for Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 24, 2023, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 May 24, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 340 PM CDT Wed May 24 2023 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-250845- 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- 340 PM CDT Wed May 24 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible through tonight across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. A few storms may become strong to severe, with large hail up to 2 inches in diameter and damaging winds the primary hazards. However, an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. In addition, the strongest storms will be capable of producing very heavy rainfall, which may lead to flooding or flash flooding. Parts of the western and central Texas Panhandle are in a Flood Watch through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms are expected to develop Thursday and Friday across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. A few storms may become strong to severe both days, with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards. In addition, the strongest storms will have the potential to produce very heavy rainfall, which may lead to flooding or flash flooding. Additional thunderstorms will be possible Saturday through Tuesday across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. A few storms may become strong to severe on any of those days, with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards at this time. Also, the strongest storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, which may lead to flooding or flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed through this evening.
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, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley, Randall | 61 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, 6:43 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.