Special Weather Statement
NWS Amarillo TX ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Armstrong... Northeastern Randall...Southwestern Carson And Southeastern Potter Counties Through 245 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 220 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles east of Lake Tanglewood, or 14 miles southeast of Amarillo, moving north at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Amarillo and Washburn. This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 77 and 91.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Potter County, TX
- Carson County, TX
- Randall County, TX
- Armstrong County, TX
- Palo Duro Canyon
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Amarillo TX
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~16s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2K88BS1KNRJ2V3A6RZ57VA1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c5bb4232e67b744bb4b11f9c0c4ee1f87434d7e.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Amarillo TX
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAMA
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2252
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSAMA |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KAMA 151921 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG... NORTHEASTERN RANDALL...SOUTHWESTERN CARSON AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-15T19:20:00-00:00...storm...198DEG...13KT...35.06,-101.66 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Potter County, TX
- Carson County, TX
- Randall County, TX
- Armstrong County, TX
- Palo Duro Canyon
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 048375 |
| SAME | 048065 |
| SAME | 048381 |
| SAME | 048011 |
| UGC | TXZ012 |
| UGC | TXZ013 |
| UGC | TXZ017 |
| UGC | TXZ018 |
| UGC | TXZ317 |
- Polygons
- 34.97,-101.6 35.0,-101.75 35.33,-101.72 35.31,-101.43 34.97,-101.6