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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2025, 5:37 PM CDT for Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 83 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
- Apr 23, 2025, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 Apr 23, 2:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 2:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 212 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-240715- 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- 212 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Low chance for afternoon to evening thunderstorms. Some of these thunderstorms can be strong to severe with large hail and damaging winds being the main threats. Low chance for localized flooding from the thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Low chance for thunderstorms during Thursday afternoon and evening along a dry line. Some of these may be strong to severe with large hail and damaging winds being the main threat. Further rain showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Low chance that any of these produce localized flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
459 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025
TXZ002-003-232230-
Sherman TX-Hansford TX-
459 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HANSFORD AND EAST
CENTRAL SHERMAN COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM CDT...
At 459 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Gruver, or 20 miles west of Spearman, moving northeast
at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny 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...
Gruver and Spearman.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3614 10156 3629 10169 3648 10139 3617 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 234DEG 13KT 3626 10155
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
LGSpecial weather statement, Apr 23, 5:31 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
531 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025
OKZ002-TXZ003-004-232300-
Texas OK-Ochiltree TX-Hansford TX-
531 PM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...NORTHERN
HANSFORD AND NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
At 531 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northwest of Gruver, or 18 miles northwest of Spearman, moving
northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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...
Gruver.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
the Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 10138 3636 10161 3669 10136 3646 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 212DEG 12KT 3634 10147
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
LGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 96 min |
| Apr 23, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 87 min |
| Apr 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Oldham, Potter | 83 min |
| Apr 23, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 96 min |
| Apr 23, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 24 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.