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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 30, 2012Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 30, 2012, 8:06 PM CDT for Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 30, 2012, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Texas County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 30, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 3:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 30, 4:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 8:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
806 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012

OKZ002-003-TXZ002>004-010200-
BEAVER OK-HANSFORD TX-OCHILTREE TX-SHERMAN TX-TEXAS OK-
806 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN...
NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE...NORTHERN HANSFORD...WESTERN BEAVER AND TEXAS
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF OPTIMA...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GUYMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GUYMON...             TYRONE...             TURPIN...
  TEXHOMA...            OPTIMA...             HOUGH...
  HOOKER...             HARDESTY...           GRAY...
  GOODWELL...           EVA...                BRYANS CORNER...
  BOYD...               BAKER...              ADAMS...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3637 10084 3633 10176 3700 10197 3700 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 349DEG 28KT 3685 10137

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	60 min
Sep 30, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree	58 min
Sep 30, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill, Hutchinson, Moore, Roberts	33 min
Sep 30, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Gray, Potter, Wheeler	64 min

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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.