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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 29, 20256 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2025, 4:04 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 86 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 29, 2025, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2025, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carson County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2025-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2025-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3248 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 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 Apr 29, 12:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 12:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:12 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
312 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-292015-
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-
312 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

A Severe Thunderstorms Watch is in affect for Lipscomb, Hemphill,
and Wheeler counties until 10 AM today for the potential of
severe thunderstorms early this morning. Additional storms are
possible later this afternoon in the southeastern Texas Panhandle.
Some could become severe. The primary hazards today will be hail
and damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a low chance for strong to severe thunderstorms on
Wednesday across portions of the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles.
The primary hazards with any severe thunderstorms will be large
hail and damaging winds.

Thunderstorms chances continue each day from Thursday through
Monday across the Panhandles.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:00 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
400 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025

TXZ005-009-010-014-290930-
Hemphill TX-Gray TX-Roberts TX-Lipscomb TX-
400 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LIPSCOMB...
NORTHEASTERN GRAY...SOUTHEASTERN ROBERTS AND HEMPHILL COUNTIES
THROUGH 430 AM CDT...

At 400 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Miami, moving northeast at 50 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...
Higgins, Canadian, Lora, Glazier, Codman, Lake Marvin, and Miami.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3562 10046 3562 10054 3559 10054 3554 10070
      3570 10085 3625 10000 3577 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 236DEG 46KT 3569 10063

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

LG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill30 min
Apr 29, 4:25 AM CDTTornado WarningAMAGray, Roberts50 min
Apr 29, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray58 min
Apr 29, 5:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMACarson, Gray, Roberts3 hr
Apr 29, 9:21 AM CDTFlood WatchAMACollingsworth, Donley22 hr
Apr 29, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver28 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.