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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 5, 2008Oldham County, Potter County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2008, 8:57 PM CDT for Oldham County, Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 5, 2008, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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
May 5, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 5, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 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 May 5, 8:39 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 8:39 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 8:28 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 8:30 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
830 PM CDT MON MAY 05 2008

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

0800 PM     HAIL             7 WNW TYRONE            36.98N 101.18W
05/05/2008  E1.00 INCH       TEXAS              OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RELAYED VIA TEXAS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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EVENT NUMBER 00190

KRAMAR

Local storm report, May 5, 8:37 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 8:48 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
848 PM CDT MON MAY 05 2008

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

0820 PM     HAIL             6 N HOOKER              36.95N 101.21W
05/05/2008  E0.88 INCH       TEXAS              OK   PUBLIC

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EVENT NUMBER 00192

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Local storm report, May 5, 8:49 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
849 PM CDT MON MAY 05 2008

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

0849 PM     HAIL             1 W TYRONE              36.96N 101.08W
05/05/2008  E1.25 INCH       TEXAS              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

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EVENT NUMBER 00193

CN

Special weather statement, May 5, 8:54 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 5, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Oldham, Potter	36 min
May 5, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Oldham	61 min
May 5, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Potter	45 min
May 5, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Sherman	55 min
May 5, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	43 min
May 5, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	62 min
May 5, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	53 min
May 5, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	63 min
May 5, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	59 min
May 5, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	45 min
May 5, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	63 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.