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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 17, 2009Collingsworth County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2009, 7:12 PM CDT for Collingsworth 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
Apr 17, 2009, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2009, 7:57 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Collingsworth County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 17, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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 Apr 17, 6:24 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 6:24 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 5:12 PM CDT, 2 hours before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
512 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-180300-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
512 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

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

.DAY ONE...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 10
PM...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT AS A LARGE AND SLOW MOVING UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS.

IN ADDITION...LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE THAT RECEIVED
HEAVY RAIN ON THURSDAY COULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING TODAY. ANY
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF AND COULD RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING OR FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY
EAST...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ANY STORMS THAT
FORM ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

ANDRADE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
535 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

TXZ015-020-172300-
COLLINGSWORTH TX-WHEELER TX-
535 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL COLLINGSWORTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL
WHEELER COUNTIES...

AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF LUTIE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL COLLINGSWORTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL WHEELER COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE CITY OF SHAMROCK...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

BEAL
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
544 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

TXZ010-015-172315-
HEMPHILL TX-WHEELER TX-
544 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL HEMPHILL AND CENTRAL WHEELER
COUNTIES...

AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF TWITTY MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH.

UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL HEMPHILL AND CENTRAL WHEELER COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND
REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

BEAL
Local storm report, Apr 17, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 17, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 6:23 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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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.