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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2009, 9:41 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 84 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
- Aug 12, 2009, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2009, 11:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 12, 9:10 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 9:10 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 9:08 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 908 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-131100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 908 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH PONDING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE STRENGTH...WHICH MAY RESULT IN DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... GENERALLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. GOEHRING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 8:52 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Hutchinson, Potter, Randall | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 2:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Oldham, Potter, Randall | 114 min |
| Aug 13, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Deaf Smith, Randall | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Wheeler | 81 min |
| Aug 13, 4:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.