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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 29, 2026Armstrong County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2026, 7:18 PM CDT for Armstrong County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
May 29, 2026, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2026, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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
May 29, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 339 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2026-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 745 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2026-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth34 min
May 29, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson25 min
May 29, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson18 min
May 29, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatAMAArmstrong, Donley65 min
May 29, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley73 min
May 30, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Wheeler53 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.