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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 2, 2024Potter County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2024, 5:52 PM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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: Jun 2, 2024, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2024, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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
Jun 2, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 18 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: 2524 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 9.9

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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 Jun 2, 2:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
254 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-030800-
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-
254 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop in the western panhandles
then travel across the panhandles late this afternoon and
evening. Some storms may become severe with large hail, damaging
winds, and even tornados.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

High temperatures may approach 105 degrees at the Palo Duro Canyon
State Park on Tuesday afternoon, and a Heat Advisory may be
needed.

Thunderstorms are possible Thursday night through Saturday across
the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. A few storms may become
severe, with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed in the late afternoon and
evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:19 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:43 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
543 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

TXZ007-008-022330-
Hutchinson TX-Moore TX-
543 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM CDT...

At 543 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles north of Lake Meredith, or 13 miles east of Dumas, moving east
at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Stinnett and Pringle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for the Panhandle
of Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3571 10181 3586 10184 3600 10135 3574 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 257DEG 30KT 3580 10173

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford	66 min
Jun 1, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman	62 min
Jun 1, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman	65 min
Jun 1, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	61 min
Jun 1, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman	47 min
Jun 1, 10:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	116 min
Jun 1, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	51 min
Jun 1, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	45 min
Jun 1, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	39 min
Jun 2, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	31 min
Jun 2, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	33 min
Jun 2, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson, Roberts	45 min
Jun 2, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Roberts	46 min
Jun 2, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Gray, Roberts	64 min
Jun 2, 6:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	28 min
Jun 2, 6:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	58 min
Jun 2, 6:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Gray, Roberts	3 hr
Jun 2, 6:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	47 min
Jun 2, 7:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	47 min
Jun 2, 7:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Wheeler	3 hr
Jun 2, 7:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Gray, Wheeler	39 min
Jun 2, 7:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler	65 min
Jun 2, 8:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Wheeler	3 hr
Jun 2, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	AMA	Wheeler	7 hr
Jun 2, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	41 min
Jun 2, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter	36 min
Jun 2, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	47 min
Jun 2, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson, Moore	68 min
Jun 2, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	65 min
Jun 2, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	58 min
Jun 2, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Moore, Potter	46 min
Jun 2, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Gray, Potter, Randall	66 min
Jun 2, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Roberts	65 min
Jun 2, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	63 min
Jun 1, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	26 min
Jun 1, 9:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Texas	3 hr
Jun 1, 9:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Texas	2 hr
Jun 1, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	47 min
Jun 1, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	25 min
Jun 1, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	44 min
Jun 2, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	26 min
Jun 2, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	28 min
Jun 2, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	41 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.