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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2023, 12:52 AM CDT for Armstrong County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2023, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2023, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
County Armstrong County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 2589 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
641
WWUS84 KAMA 310552
SPSAMA
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1252 AM CDT Wed May 31 2023
TXZ013-018-019-310615-
Donley TX-Carson TX-Armstrong TX-
1252 AM CDT Wed May 31 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Armstrong, southeastern Carson and northwestern Donley Counties
through 115 AM CDT...
At 1252 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles north of Goodnight, or 9 miles east of Claude, moving southeast
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Claude, Howardwick and Goodnight.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3515 10142 3521 10133 3520 10111 3519 10109
3518 10108 3518 10105 3512 10079 3487 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 304DEG 21KT 3513 10119
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
MJGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 33 min |
| May 30, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 34 min |
| May 30, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Dallam | 25 min |
| May 30, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 23 min |
| May 30, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore, Oldham, Sherman | 26 min |
| May 30, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Moore, Potter | 31 min |
| May 30, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter | 46 min |
| May 30, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 59 min |
| May 31, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 22 min |
| May 31, 12:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Carson, Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| May 31, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 29 min |
| May 31, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 24 min |
| May 31, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 29 min |
| May 31, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 27 min |
| May 31, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 41 min |
| May 31, 1:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 30 min |
| May 31, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 28 min |
| May 31, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 28 min |
| May 31, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 24 min |
| May 31, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter | 63 min |
| May 31, 3:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 25 min |
| May 31, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 24 min |
| May 31, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 31 min |
| May 31, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 34 min |
| May 31, 3:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Moore | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 32 min |
| May 31, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Oldham | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 66 min |
| May 31, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson, Moore, Potter | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Donley | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley | 27 min |
| May 31, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 66 min |
| May 31, 5:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Armstrong | 26 min |
| May 31, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 34 min |
| May 31, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 33 min |
| May 31, 6:47 AM CDT | Flood Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 39 hr |
| May 31, 8:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 97 min |
| May 31, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 36 min |
| May 31, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 53 min |
| May 31, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore, Oldham | 60 min |
| May 31, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Moore | 28 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman | 53 min |
| May 31, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 24 min |
| May 31, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hutchinson | 32 min |
| May 31, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 40 min |
| May 30, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 34 min |
| May 30, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 58 min |
| May 31, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 23 min |
| May 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 33 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.