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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this blizzard watch at Mar 25, 2009, 4:08 PM CDT for 12 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 26, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2009, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2009, 11:52 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 blizzard watch 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 blizzard watch went out at Mar 25, 12:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 12:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 5:00 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 4 hr |
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.