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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 14, 20134 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2013, 7:38 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 52 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 14, 2013, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

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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 14, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
300 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-151100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
300 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS CAN BE STRONG TO
MARGINALLY SEVERE WHERE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. IN ADDITION HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE DURING THIS PERIOD...WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN HAZARDS. IN ADDITION HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 14, 6:44 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 14, 6:57 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 14, 6:59 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHutchinson3 hr
Aug 14, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam49 min
Aug 14, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall51 min
Aug 14, 7:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMACarson2 hr
Aug 14, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter40 min
Aug 14, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall63 min
Aug 14, 8:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAPotter, Randall3 hr
Aug 14, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Carson, Donley61 min
Aug 14, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith28 min
Aug 14, 9:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAArmstrong2 hr
Aug 14, 9:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningAMAPotter, Randall114 min
Aug 14, 11:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningAMAArmstrong, Randall9 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.