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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 16, 2024Hansford County, Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2024, 9:18 PM CDT for Hansford County, Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 57 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
Jul 16, 2024, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2024, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 16, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2024-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1492 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2024-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler51 min
Jul 16, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOchiltree40 min
Jul 16, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler35 min
Jul 16, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hansford, Sherman56 min
Jul 16, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley37 min
Jul 16, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb, Ochiltree36 min
Jul 16, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray28 min
Jul 16, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson37 min
Jul 16, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley41 min
Jul 16, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson23 min
Jul 16, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree, Sherman64 min
Jul 16, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb32 min
Jul 16, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson24 min
Jul 16, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Moore31 min
Jul 16, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson45 min
Jul 16, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts52 min
Jul 16, 10:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHansford, Hutchinson3 hr

Nearby

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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.