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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 31, 2023Armstrong County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2589 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
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

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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

$$

MJG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam, Hartley33 min
May 30, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Oldham34 min
May 30, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam25 min
May 30, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley, Moore, Sherman23 min
May 30, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore, Oldham, Sherman26 min
May 30, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford, Moore, Potter31 min
May 30, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Potter46 min
May 30, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb, Ochiltree59 min
May 31, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter22 min
May 31, 12:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMACarson, Potter, Randall3 hr
May 31, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray29 min
May 31, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb24 min
May 31, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb29 min
May 31, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill27 min
May 31, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADonley41 min
May 31, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler30 min
May 31, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth, Donley28 min
May 31, 2:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley, Oldham28 min
May 31, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley24 min
May 31, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter63 min
May 31, 3:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham25 min
May 31, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson24 min
May 31, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADonley31 min
May 31, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley, Gray34 min
May 31, 3:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAMoore3 hr
May 31, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham32 min
May 31, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson31 min
May 31, 4:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAOldham3 hr
May 31, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall66 min
May 31, 4:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson, Moore, Potter31 min
May 31, 4:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADonley3 hr
May 31, 4:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley27 min
May 31, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter, Randall66 min
May 31, 5:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
May 31, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong26 min
May 31, 6:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham34 min
May 31, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOldham33 min
May 31, 6:47 AM CDTFlood WatchAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more39 hr
May 31, 8:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningAMAArmstrong97 min
May 31, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore36 min
May 31, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMASherman53 min
May 31, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham60 min
May 31, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore28 min
May 31, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman53 min
May 31, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHansford, Ochiltree24 min
May 31, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson32 min
May 31, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith40 min
May 30, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron34 min
May 30, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron, Texas58 min
May 31, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMATexas23 min
May 31, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMATexas33 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.