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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 16, 20264 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2026, 7:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 16, 2026, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Potter County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 2026-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 799 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 2026-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
799 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts45 min
Aug 16, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter26 min
Aug 16, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAOldham30 min
Aug 16, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson26 min
Aug 16, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAMoore29 min
Aug 16, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam43 min
Aug 16, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADallam, Hartley56 min
Aug 16, 10:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMADallam, Hartley3 hr
Aug 16, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam, Sherman36 min
Aug 16, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill24 min
Aug 16, 11:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMASherman116 min
Aug 16, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMABeaver30 min

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.