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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 23, 2026Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2026, 8:30 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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 23, 2026, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2026, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Beaver County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2026-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1952 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 2026-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
1952 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
16.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMALipscomb, Ochiltree67 min
Jul 23, 10:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAOchiltree3 hr
Jul 24, 2:29 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more4 days
Jul 24, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith30 min
Jul 24, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson29 min
Jul 24, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall35 min
Jul 24, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall17 min
Jul 24, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAOldham, Potter18 min
Jul 24, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter26 min
Jul 24, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson36 min
Jul 24, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson31 min
Jul 24, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter58 min
Jul 23, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver57 min
Jul 23, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAMABeaver46 min
Jul 23, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver26 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.