Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1996, 8:13 PM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 22, 1996, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1996, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Canyon, 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.
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.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 22, 3:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT MON JUL 22 1996 STG-SVR TSTMS OCRG ATTM OVR N-CNTRL ZNS WHERE SFC DWPTS ABV 65F POOLED VCNTY SFC TROF/OUTFLOW BNDRY. AS H5 PAT CONTS TO EVOLVE INTO ONE OF DIFFLUENT NWLY FLOW...SFC CDFNT AND BNDRYS WL BE DIRECTED TWD PNHDLS. SFC THRU H7 MSTR WL CONT TO BE FED INTO FCST AREA THRU WED...AND AS UPR DIVGNC IPVS AND SFC FLOW BCMS ELY ...GOOD PROSPECTS FOR PCPN. WL FCST SCT TRW ALL SXNS TNGT...WITH HIST POPS NRN SXNS...WHERE WL ALSO MENTION PSBL SVR AND HVY RAIN. TRW LIKELY ACRS NRN ZNS ON TUE...WITH GOOD CHC ELSEWHERE. WL CONT TUE NGT AND WED WITH CHC TRW ALL ZNS. FOR WED NGT THRU FRI...NWLY FLOW ALF CONTS WITH GEN TROFFINESS OVR PNHDLS...SO WL CONT WITH CHC TRW. BY SAT HI AMPLITUDE WRN U.S. RDG DAMPENS...WITH H5 FLOW DCRG AND BCMG MORE ZONAL...WITH DRY WX EXPCD. 03 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. COCKRELL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO, TX
430 PM CDT MON JUL 22 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0323 PM TEXHOMA OK 80 MPH WIND. TREE LIMBS
07/22/96 TEXAS DOWNED REPORTED BY
TEXHOMA FD.
0325 PM EVA OK 1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
07/22/96 TEXAS BY KGYN RADIO STATION.
0325 PM FOUR CORNERS OK 0.88 INCH HAIL REPORTED
07/22/96 TEXAS BY KGYN RADIO STATION.
0325 PM GUYMON OK WIND DAMAGE. 70 MPH WIND
07/22/96 TEXAS CAUSED MINOR STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE REPORTED BY WXNET.
0338 PM TEXHOMA OK WIND DAMAGE. 60 MPH
07/22/96 TEXAS WIND CAUSE STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO BRICK BUILDING
AND DOWNED TREES
REPORTED BY TEXHOMA FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
ZEIGLERNearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.