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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 17, 2004Moore County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT for Moore County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 17, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Moore County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 17, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 17, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 12:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1232 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-181100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
1232 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...
CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE BOTH FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

JORDAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:32 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
432 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0413 PM     HAIL             FRITCH                  35.64N 101.60W
06/17/2004  1.00 INCH        HUTCHINSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

RD

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDT, 15 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 16, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam	64 min
Jun 16, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	56 min
Jun 16, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Sherman	84 min
Jun 16, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley	85 min
Jun 16, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	26 min
Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	55 min
Jun 16, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Sherman	58 min
Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	96 min
Jun 16, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford	53 min
Jun 16, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	60 min
Jun 16, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Roberts	64 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	47 min
Jun 17, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	48 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	63 min
Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	55 min
Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	46 min
Jun 17, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Sherman	53 min
Jun 17, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	38 min
Jun 17, 6:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	83 min
Jun 17, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	59 min
Jun 17, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley	58 min
Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham	54 min
Jun 17, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hutchinson	50 min
Jun 17, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	62 min
Jun 16, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.