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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this freeze warning at Apr 18, 2013, 3:17 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Donley County, Wheeler County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 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 18, 2013, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2013, 9:06 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 18, 12:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 12:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 317 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-190900- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 317 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANOTHER WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TONIGHT. A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY BRIEFLY TRANSITION TOWARD A WINTRY MIX OVER THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE FAR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BEFORE ENDING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 18, 9:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 3:17 PM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gray, Hansford and 11 more | 18 hr |
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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.