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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 26, 1996Carson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1996, 7:22 PM CDT for Carson County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 3 reports 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 26, 1996, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Carson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 7:27 PM CDTHail 1Panhandle, TX
Jul 26, 7:33 PM CDTHail 1.75Panhandle, TX
Jul 26, 8:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Panhandle, 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson62 min
Jul 26, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAPotter64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.