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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Amarillo, TX
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.
| 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 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.
- 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
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 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 BoschLocal storm report, May 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 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 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson, Potter | 28 min |
| May 28, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 24 min |
| May 28, 8:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 38 min |
| May 28, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 43 min |
| May 28, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 30 min |
| May 28, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 64 min |
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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.