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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 12, 2010Collingsworth County, Wheeler County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2010, 4:54 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 12, 2010, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2010, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Collingsworth County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 May 12, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 4:47 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 4:45 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
445 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

TXZ015-020-122245-
WHEELER TX-COLLINGSWORTH TX-
445 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR COLLINGSWORTH AND
WHEELER COUNTIES.

AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LUTIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

NUNEZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 3:36 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	8 hr
May 12, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	63 min
May 12, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Collingsworth	25 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.