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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 23, 2024Collingsworth County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2024, 4:33 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Texas. 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
May 23, 2024, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2024, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Collingsworth County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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
May 23, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 2024-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1080 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2024-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1080 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 2:40 AM CDTRed Flag WarningAMADallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 1 more17 hr
May 23, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Wheeler53 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.