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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 7, 2013Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2013, 6:57 PM CDT for Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 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: Aug 7, 2013, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK

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
Aug 7, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Aug 7, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 6:00 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
600 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-081100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
600 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES
TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO TWO
INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE PANHANDLES THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

KB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:05 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:08 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:32 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:33 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:35 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:38 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
638 PM CDT WED AUG 07 2013

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

0615 PM     HAIL             KEYES                   36.81N 102.25W
08/07/2013  E1.75 INCH       CIMARRON           OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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EVENT NUMBER AMA1300747

ABM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	63 min
Aug 6, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	53 min
Aug 6, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	67 min
Aug 6, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	53 min
Aug 7, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	54 min
Aug 7, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	63 min
Aug 6, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	58 min
Aug 6, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	64 min
Aug 6, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	64 min
Aug 7, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	59 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	64 min
Aug 7, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	58 min
Aug 7, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	25 min
Aug 7, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	66 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.