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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 30, 2026Collingsworth County, Wheeler County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2026, 5:37 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 30, 2026, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2026, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Collingsworth County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 843 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1363 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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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, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall57 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

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.