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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 2, 1996Oldham County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 12:33 AM CDT for Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 1996, 12:33 AM CDT (05:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1996, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Oldham County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 1, 3:23 PM CDT, 9 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:23 PM CDT, 9 hours 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hartley	47 min
Jun 1, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham	57 min
Jun 2, 3:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hansford	62 min
Jun 2, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson	68 min
Jun 2, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson	58 min
Jun 2, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson	54 min
Jun 2, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Donley	62 min
Jun 2, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Oldham	53 min
Jun 2, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.