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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 30, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT for Sherman County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Sherman County, TX
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The text
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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, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 4:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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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 CLK
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 8:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 845 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 TXZ002-007-010245- MOORE TX-SHERMAN TX- 845 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SHERMAN AND NORTHERN MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 843 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF STRATFORD...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... STRATFORD... SUNRAY... CACTUS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3600 10163 3587 10201 3639 10212 3647 10181 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 345DEG 25KT 3632 10201 CLK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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 |
| Sep 30, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 54 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.