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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2025, 6:46 PM CDT for Carson County, Hutchinson County, Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2025, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sse Borger, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
400
WUUS54 KAMA 242346
SVRAMA
TXC065-233-393-250015-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0021.250424T2346Z-250425T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
646 PM CDT Thu Apr 24 2025
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Carson County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Southeastern Hutchinson County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Southwestern Roberts County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 645 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Borger,
moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Hail damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Borger.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for the Panhandle
of Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 10146 3584 10125 3562 10101 3562 10108
3561 10109 3557 10136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 238DEG 17KT 3565 10136
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SH2 follow-up statements
399
WWUS54 KAMA 250000
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
700 PM CDT Thu Apr 24 2025
TXC065-233-393-250015-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250425T0015Z/
Carson TX-Hutchinson TX-Roberts TX-
700 PM CDT Thu Apr 24 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CARSON...SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHWESTERN
ROBERTS COUNTIES...
At 700 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of
Borger, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail
damage to vehicles is expected.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Carson, southeastern Hutchinson and southwestern Roberts
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for the Panhandle
of Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3566 10137 3584 10125 3562 10101 3562 10108
3561 10109 3558 10129
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 238DEG 17KT 3569 10129
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SH002
WWUS54 KAMA 250027
SVSAMA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
727 PM CDT Thu Apr 24 2025
TXC065-233-393-250028-
/O.EXP.KAMA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250425T0015Z/
Carson TX-Hutchinson TX-Roberts TX-
727 PM CDT Thu Apr 24 2025
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CARSON...
SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for the Panhandle
of Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 3566 10137 3584 10125 3562 10101 3562 10108
3561 10109 3558 10129
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 238DEG 17KT 3573 10121
$$
SHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Randall | 96 min |
| Apr 23, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman | 94 min |
| Apr 23, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman | 84 min |
| Apr 23, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman | 52 min |
| Apr 23, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.