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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 5, 2025Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2025, 7:04 PM CDT for Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 5, 2025, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2025-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1732 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 2025-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1732 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMADallam, Hartley61 min
Jul 5, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam25 min
Jul 5, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatAMADallam, Hartley59 min
Jul 5, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMASherman25 min
Jul 5, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMADeaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham64 min
Jul 5, 9:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Sherman3 hr
Jul 5, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMADeaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Potter, Randall31 min
Jul 5, 11:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHansford113 min
Jul 5, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron25 min
Jul 5, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas64 min
Jul 5, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron36 min
Jul 5, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver34 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.