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KING

364382 · 33.388, -100.330

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Event typeevent_typeFunnel Cloud
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id364,382
Episode IDepisode_id60,949
Begin UTCbegin_utc2012-03-18T22:17:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2012-03-18T22:17:00+00:00
StatestateTEXAS
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameKING
Latitudelat33.388
Longitudelon-100.330
End latitudeend_lat33.388
End longitudeend_lon-100.330
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceStorm Chaser
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeTwo separate rounds of severe thunderstorms developed the afternoon and evening of the 18th ahead of a vigorous upper level trough. By mid-afternoon, a dryline ignited widely scattered supercell thunderstorms from near Childress south to near Aspermont. Marginally severe hail was common with these supercells. One storm south of Guthrie produced a funnel cloud observed by storm chasers. As the dryline retreated early in the evening, a left-moving supercell organized in northwest Garza County and raced north-northeast at highway speeds for the next 2.5 hours accompanied by large hail up to golfball size and severe winds.||A second and more extensive round of thunderstorms emerged late on the 18th across the southwest South Plains as a Pacific cold front collided with the retreating dryline. The result was an extensive squall line that at one point extended from the Oklahoma Panhandle south to the western Permian Basin. Strong low-level shear in the vicinity of this squall line resulted in the formation of at least three persistent, non-tornadic circulations as observed by the NWS-LBB WSR-88D. One of these circulations was sampled in high detail by research meteorologists from Texas Tech University near Reese Center using mobile Doppler radars and high resolution surface stations (sticknets). The mobile data collected suggests these vorticies were likely gustnadoes producing very localized winds up to 78 mph. Shortly after midnight CST, the squall line intensified in the southeast Texas Panhandle where downburst winds of at least 74 mph caused numerous instances of mostly minor structural damage in Memphis.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeA storm chaser broadcasted live video of a funnel cloud and rapidly rotating wall cloud about 16 miles south of Guthrie.
Yearyear2,012

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