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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 12, 2005Hutchinson County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2005, 7:58 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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: May 12, 2005, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2005, 8:36 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hutchinson County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 7:18 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 7:28 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
728 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

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

0700 PM     HAIL             2 SW AMARILLO           35.18N 101.84W
05/12/2005  0.88 INCH        RANDALL            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAD HAIL BETWEEN NICKLE AND QUARTERS...STARTED AT 645 PM
            ENDED ABOUT 715 PM.

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JJB

Local storm report, May 12, 7:29 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
729 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

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

0728 PM     HAIL             8 NE AMARILLO           35.28N 101.72W
05/12/2005  0.75 INCH        POTTER             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            3 MILES N 1342 ON HWY 136

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SMB

Local storm report, May 12, 7:51 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 7:53 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 7:55 PM CDT, 3 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
May 12, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Randall	30 min
May 12, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Potter	36 min
May 12, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	33 min
May 12, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson	33 min
May 12, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley	72 min
May 12, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong	35 min
May 13, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray	43 min
May 13, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill	63 min
May 12, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	71 min
May 13, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	59 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.