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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 24, 2010Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2010, 1:40 PM CDT for Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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 24, 2010, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 24, 11:46 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 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 May 24, 1:06 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:06 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 11:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1153 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-242100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
1153 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

.DAY ONE...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN PANHANDLES...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED
TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE...WHICH WILL TRACK SLOWLY
EAST THROUGH THE DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS...ALTHOUGH
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. AS
A RESULT...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT
DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN
ADDITION...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS.

TAB

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 9:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 11:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 11:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 1:03 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
103 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0103 PM     HAIL             15 N GUYMON             36.90N 101.48W
05/24/2010  E1.00 INCH       TEXAS              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1000516

SMB

Local storm report, May 24, 1:13 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 1:28 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	51 min
May 23, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	65 min
May 23, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam	22 min
May 23, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	58 min
May 23, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam	38 min
May 23, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	31 min
May 23, 9:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam	36 min
May 23, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	36 min
May 24, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	56 min
May 24, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman	63 min
May 24, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	61 min
May 24, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts	59 min
May 24, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	30 min
May 24, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	66 min
May 24, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray, Roberts	47 min
May 24, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	53 min
May 24, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	53 min
May 24, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	43 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Gray, Roberts	116 min
May 24, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	67 min
May 24, 5:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts	4 hr
May 24, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler	59 min
May 24, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	58 min
May 23, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	31 min
May 23, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	65 min
May 23, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Cimarron	36 min
May 23, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	60 min
May 24, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2010 Every 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.