Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 13, 1997Potter County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 1997, 4:52 PM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report 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
Sep 13, 1997, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 1997, 6:00 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 21:53 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
Sep 13, 5:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Amarillo, 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
Sep 13, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.