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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 28, 2024Hartley County, Oldham County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2024, 6:53 PM CDT for Hartley County, Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2024, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2024, 7:32 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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 28, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 1617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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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 28, 6:22 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:22 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 12:40 PM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1240 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-291100-
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-
1240 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and
evening, with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards.
Localized flash flooding from very heavy rainfall will also be
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Thunderstorms will be possible across the Panhandles Tuesday
through Sunday. Strong to severe storms will be possible again on
Thursday with all hazards possible. Localized flash flooding from
very heavy rainfall will continue to be a threat with
thunderstorms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 5:56 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 6:01 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 6:22 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
622 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

TXZ010-015-282345-
Hemphill TX-Wheeler TX-
622 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN WHEELER AND
SOUTHEASTERN HEMPHILL COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 622 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles northwest of Wheeler, or 18 miles north of Shamrock, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Briscoe, Wheeler, Allison, New Mobeetie, and Mobeetie.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3535 10037 3553 10048 3571 10000 3542 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 243DEG 24KT 3547 10034

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Vanden Bosch

Local storm report, May 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 13 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 28, 2:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	24 min
May 28, 3:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	25 min
May 28, 9:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	36 min
May 28, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	36 min
May 28, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Randall	55 min
May 28, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	65 min
May 28, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	65 min
May 28, 4:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Deaf Smith	3 hr
May 28, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	36 min
May 28, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Carson, Deaf Smith, Potter, Randall	55 min
May 28, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	64 min
May 28, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Oldham	31 min
May 28, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	59 min
May 28, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	64 min
May 28, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	63 min
May 28, 5:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Oldham	115 min
May 28, 5:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	3 hr
May 28, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam	37 min
May 28, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Sherman	60 min
May 28, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	35 min
May 28, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	23 min
May 28, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hansford, Sherman	65 min
May 28, 9:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	26 min
May 28, 10:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	57 min
May 28, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	37 min
May 28, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	34 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.