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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 28, 2024Deaf Smith County, Oldham County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2024, 8:51 PM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2024, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Deaf Smith County, TX, Oldham County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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 28, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 00:00Z on 2024-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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 00:00Z on 2024-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-313 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 12:40 PM CDT, 8 hours 11 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

Special weather statement, May 28, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 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, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson, Potter28 min
May 28, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOchiltree24 min
May 28, 8:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHansford, Ochiltree3 hr
May 28, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham38 min
May 28, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall43 min
May 28, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter30 min
May 28, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas64 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.