Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 3:40 PM CDT for Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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
- Jun 16, 1997, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1997, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Potter County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:28 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Amarillo, TX | |
| Jun 16, 4:34 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Moore | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Sherman | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Moore | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Roberts | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 46 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.