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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1996, 6:22 PM CDT for Armstrong 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
- May 31, 1996, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Armstrong County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Washburn, TX | |
| May 31, 7:08 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Washburn, TX | |
| May 31, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Claude, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 69 min |
| May 30, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 62 min |
| May 30, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 55 min |
| May 31, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 58 min |
| May 31, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 61 min |
| May 31, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 50 min |
| May 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore | 59 min |
| May 31, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 68 min |
| May 31, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 63 min |
| May 31, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.