Special Weather Statement
NWS Amarillo TX ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact South Central Oldham And Northwestern Deaf Smith Counties Through 400 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 331 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles northwest of Simms, or 22 miles southwest of Vega, moving northeast at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny 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... Simms. This includes Interstate 40 near mile marker 21.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Oldham County, TX
- Deaf Smith County, TX
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Amarillo TX
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m8s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KCA4DJSSC4TMPTCB9DJCNJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5a17db27bf8c47f3be70fa286756f9391926624f.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.4068
- 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 152031 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL OLDHAM AND NORTHWESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-15T20:31:00-00:00...storm...236DEG...11KT...35.1,-102.78 |
| maxWindGust | 55 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Oldham County, TX
- Deaf Smith County, TX
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 048359 |
| SAME | 048117 |
| UGC | TXZ011 |
| UGC | TXZ016 |
- Polygons
- 35.03,-103.04 35.28,-102.69 35.05,-102.54 34.89,-103.04 35.03,-103.04