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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2024, 9:24 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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 1, 2024, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2024, 9:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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 1, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 2345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
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 1, 7:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 406 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-021200- 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- 406 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Critical fire weather conditions may develop the rest of this afternoon into early this evening across western sections of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles due to southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts along with minimum relative humidity values as low as 10 percent. A Red Flag Warning is in effect for this area until 9 PM CDT this evening. Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and tonight across mainly the eastern half of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Some storms will likely become severe, with very large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards. In addition a tornado or two cannot be ruled out. A Tornado Watch is in effect for the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle and the eastern half of the Texas Panhandle through 11 PM CDT this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Additional thunderstorms may develop Thursday night through Sunday afternoon across parts of the area. Any storms that form are expected to remain below severe levels at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed between 4 PM this afternoon and 11 PM CDT this evening. Area fire managers and emergency officials should be alert for critical fire weather conditions this afternoon and evening. 02
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 1, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 64 min |
| May 1, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 47 min |
| May 1, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 67 min |
| May 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 15 min |
| May 1, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 35 min |
| May 1, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 47 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.