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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 20, 2025Carson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 20, 2025, 10:21 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2025, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2025, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
50

County Carson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 286 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 00:00Z on 2025-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 814 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 00:00Z on 2025-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
814 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 20, 6:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 6:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 20, 3:02 PM CDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
302 PM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-210815-
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-
302 PM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

A marginal (5%) chance for severe thunderstorms exists this
evening. Hail and damaging winds are the primary hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Thunderstorm chances remain on the lower side next week, but are
possible Monday through Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 20, 4:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
422 PM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

OKZ003-202145-
Beaver OK-
422 PM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM CDT...

At 422 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Knowles, or 13 miles southwest of Englewood, moving north at 20 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...
Gate and Knowles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3698 10000 3682 10006 3685 10028 3700 10028
      3700 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 188DEG 19KT 3691 10016

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

Vanden Bosch
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 4:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
447 PM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

OKZ002-TXZ003-004-202215-
Texas OK-Ochiltree TX-Hansford TX-
447 PM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN HANSFORD AND NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES THROUGH 515
PM CDT...

At 447 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles south of Hardesty, or 18 miles southeast of Guymon, moving east
at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Hardesty.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3645 10126 3661 10125 3666 10106 3642 10104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 272DEG 6KT 3655 10119

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Vanden Bosch
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 5:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
514 PM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

OKZ002-TXZ003-004-202245-
Texas OK-Ochiltree TX-Hansford TX-
514 PM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN HANSFORD AND NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES THROUGH 545
PM CDT...

At 514 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southeast of Hardesty, or 19 miles northwest of Perryton,
moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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...
Hardesty.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3664 10095 3654 10095 3637 10105 3650 10122
      3666 10119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 293DEG 8KT 3651 10112

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Vanden Bosch
Local storm report, Sep 20, 5:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 20, 5:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 20, 6:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMALipscomb31 min
Sep 20, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong27 min
Sep 20, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall53 min
Sep 20, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong61 min
Sep 20, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill34 min
Sep 20, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson, Hutchinson34 min
Sep 20, 9:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMACarson, Hutchinson2 hr
Sep 20, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong25 min
Sep 20, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth23 min
Sep 20, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson30 min
Sep 20, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson45 min
Sep 20, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray47 min
Sep 20, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth47 min
Sep 21, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADonley47 min
Sep 21, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth46 min
Sep 20, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACimarron30 min

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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.