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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 30, 2024Deaf Smith County, Oldham County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2024, 4:28 AM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 30, 2024, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2024, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 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 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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-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: 1154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 30, 12:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 12:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:06 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 11:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1146 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

TXZ007-008-012-300515-
Hutchinson TX-Potter TX-Moore TX-
1146 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL HUTCHINSON...
NORTHEASTERN POTTER AND MOORE COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM CDT...

At 1146 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles south of Cactus to 4 miles south of
Dumas to 4 miles west of Masterson. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Dumas, Sunray, Masterson, Four Way, and Lake Meredith.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3605 10168 3580 10156 3553 10172 3559 10210
      3580 10204 3598 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 270DEG 28KT 3595 10204 3580 10196 3562 10204

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

COR

Special weather statement, May 30, 12:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1229 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024

TXZ002-003-007-008-300600-
Hutchinson TX-Sherman TX-Hansford TX-Moore TX-
1229 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON...
SOUTHWESTERN HANSFORD...SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND NORTHEASTERN MOORE
COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM CDT...

At 1229 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Sunray, or 20 miles northeast of Dumas, moving east at
25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Morse and Pringle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3594 10172 3618 10178 3624 10144 3595 10137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 260DEG 22KT 3605 10167

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

COR

Local storm report, May 30, 12:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 1:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 1:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 4:14 AM CDT, 14 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 29, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	37 min
May 29, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	28 min
May 29, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	31 min
May 29, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	25 min
May 29, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	26 min
May 29, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	34 min
May 29, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	29 min
May 30, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	31 min
May 30, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	55 min
May 30, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	39 min
May 30, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	46 min
May 30, 4:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	28 min
May 30, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter, Randall	47 min
May 30, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	44 min
May 30, 5:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Roberts	52 min
May 30, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	49 min
May 30, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	47 min
May 30, 7:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	21 min
May 30, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	45 min
May 30, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	64 min
May 30, 2:36 PM CDT	Flood Watch	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler	11 hr
May 30, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	64 min
May 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Dallam	3 hr
May 30, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Sherman	59 min
May 30, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Sherman	57 min
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore and 3 more	54 min
May 30, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham and 3 more	56 min
May 30, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	62 min
May 30, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 4 more	76 min
May 30, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	69 min
May 29, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	28 min
May 29, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	30 min
May 29, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	65 min
May 30, 12:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	3 hr
May 30, 12:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	34 min
May 30, 12:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Cimarron	2 hr
May 30, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	31 min
May 30, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	16 min
May 30, 1:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	23 min
May 30, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	63 min
May 30, 1:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	3 hr
May 30, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron	3 hr

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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.