Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1996, 3:37 PM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 4 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
- Aug 19, 1996, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1996, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 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 20:48 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:37 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Amarillo, TX | |
| Aug 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Amarillo, TX | |
| Aug 19, 3:42 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Amarillo, TX | |
| Aug 19, 3:51 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Amarillo, 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.
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.