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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 17, 2025Hutchinson County, Ochiltree County, Roberts County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2025, 3:35 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Ochiltree County, Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
Sep 17, 2025, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2025, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hutchinson County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 183 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill32 min
Sep 17, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson48 min
Sep 17, 3:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMACarson, Potter3 hr
Sep 17, 3:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHemphill3 hr
Sep 17, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts36 min
Sep 17, 3:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAGray3 hr
Sep 17, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson41 min
Sep 17, 4:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall3 hr
Sep 17, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall57 min
Sep 17, 5:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall3 hr

Nearby

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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.