Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1998, 1:20 AM CDT for Potter County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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
- May 9, 1998, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1998, 1:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 1:26 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Amarillo, TX | |
| May 9, 1:27 AM 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.
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 May 8, 3:15 PM CDT, 10 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:15 PM CDT, 10 hours 5 minutes before
FPUS3 KAMA 082021 AFDAMA TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 1998 AS EXPECTED...BUSY AFTN. STORMS FIRED EARLY AND FURTHER S VCNTY MOIST AXIS JUST W LBB. TSRA MVNG RAPIDLY N ACRS FA AHEAD OF MAIN UPR LVL ENERGY. EXPECT WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF RAIN WITH MAXES OVER 1 INCH ACRS NE AND ERN ZNS TONIGHT...WILL HIGHLIGHT IN ZNS. SVR POSSIBILITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVE AS VERY STRONG UVV/STEEP LAPSE RATES/VERTICAL SHEAR INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST AMS. 18Z AMA SOUNDING SHOWED VERY LOW WET BULB ABOUT 5700 FT. EXPECT RAIN TO TAPER FM S TO NE ACRS FA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SAT. WILL MAINTAIN POPS EARLY SAT MOSTLY E. EXPECT COOLER CONDS TOMORROW AS NRLY FLOW FOLLOWS EXITING STORM. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND EXITING STORM SHOULD HELP START CLEARING AS WELL. SFC TROF REDEVELOPS QUICKLY ACRS WRN ZNS WITH SOME ST/F POSSIBLE BY SUN MORNING. GRADUAL WARM UP PLANNED WITH UPR FLOW TURNING MORE SW-W EARLY NEXT WEEK. MAY BE ROUND OF TSRA OFF MTNS IN NW FLOW SAT PM BUT MOVING INTO CONFLUENCE...LESSENING CHCS AS UPR FLOW TURNS SW. WILL ATTEMPT TO GET ZNS OUT AT REASONABLE TIME. .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. COBB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 25 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.