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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 11, 20104 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2010, 6:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 56 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 11, 2010, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

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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 Apr 11, 6:23 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 6:23 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 3:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
307 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-121100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
307 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

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

.DAY ONE...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE EASTERN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND EASTERN...SOUTHERN...AND CENTRAL TEXAS
PANHANDLE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH SOME
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OVER
PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
STAY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
THIS EVENING.

SJOHNSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
425 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

TXZ017-018-112230-
RANDALL TX-ARMSTRONG TX-
425 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ARMSTRONG AND RANDALL
COUNTIES.

AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF PALO DURO CANYON...MOVING NORTH
AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.
Local storm report, Apr 11, 4:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:01 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:17 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.