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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 9, 1990Deaf Smith County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1990, 5:44 PM CST for Deaf Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 1990, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 1990, 6:45 PM CST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Deaf Smith County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 6:00 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Deaf Smith, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 5:34 PM CST, 10 minutes before

TXZ001>012-COZ015>017-NMZ005-009-013-OKZ001>004-009-014-021-
KSZ003-006- 100035 -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
 535 PM CST FRI MAR 9  1990

 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...

AT 525 PM CDT AMARILLO RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDING FROM NEAR DALHART...SOUTH
TO JUST WEST OF HEREFORD...TO NEAR MULESHOE. STRONGEST PORTION OF THE
LINE WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE HEREFORD AREA.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED AS THE LINE MOVES TO THE EAST.

                     M

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.