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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 30, 202410 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2024, 6:44 PM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 76 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 30, 2024, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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 30, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 284 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 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 30, 5:52 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 5:52 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
252 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-310800-
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-
252 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are already occurring in a line in
NW TX and western OK panhandles. This line has a very high chance
of moving to the SE through the rest of the afternoon and evening
producing further severe weather. The main threat from the severe
thunderstorms will be large hail and damaging winds, tornado
chance is low but may still occur. Flash flooding is possible as
the thunderstorms can produce high rainfall rates and rainfall
accumulations.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Thunderstorms are possible Friday through Sunday evening across
much of the area, and then over the eastern sections Monday
evening. Some storms may become severe each day, with large hail
and damaging winds the primary hazards. In addition, the strongest
storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, which may lead
to flooding or flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed this afternoon and
evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 6:12 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 6:22 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 6:24 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 6:36 PM CDT, 8 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 29, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	37 min
May 29, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	28 min
May 29, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	31 min
May 29, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	25 min
May 29, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	26 min
May 29, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	34 min
May 29, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	29 min
May 30, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	31 min
May 30, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	55 min
May 30, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	39 min
May 30, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	46 min
May 30, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	47 min
May 30, 4:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	28 min
May 30, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter, Randall	47 min
May 30, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	44 min
May 30, 5:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Roberts	52 min
May 30, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	49 min
May 30, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	47 min
May 30, 7:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	21 min
May 30, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	45 min
May 30, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	64 min
May 30, 2:36 PM CDT	Flood Watch	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler	11 hr
May 30, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	64 min
May 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Dallam	3 hr
May 30, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Sherman	59 min
May 30, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Sherman	57 min
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore and 3 more	54 min
May 30, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham and 3 more	56 min
May 30, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	62 min
May 30, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	69 min
May 29, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	28 min
May 29, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	30 min
May 29, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	65 min
May 30, 12:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	3 hr
May 30, 12:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	34 min
May 30, 12:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Cimarron	2 hr
May 30, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	31 min
May 30, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	16 min
May 30, 1:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	23 min
May 30, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	63 min
May 30, 1:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	3 hr
May 30, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	3 hr

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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.