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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 9, 20135 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2013, 8:33 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 57 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: May 9, 2013, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Deaf Smith 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 May 9, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
330 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-101115-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
330 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE
PANHANDLES. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THROUGH 10 PM
FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF A BEAVER TO CLAUDE LINE. THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PING
PONG BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES ON FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE
STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY.

COCKRELL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 7:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
724 PM CDT THU MAY 09 2013

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

0723 PM     HAIL             LEFORS                  35.44N 100.80W
05/09/2013  E1.75 INCH       GRAY               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1300430

KRAUSE

Special weather statement, May 9, 7:38 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
738 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013

TXZ017-100115-
RANDALL TX-
738 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN RANDALL COUNTY UNTIL 815
PM CDT...

AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAPPY...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
CANYON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANYON...             PALO DURO CANYON...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 107.

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

LAT...LON 3500 10168 3476 10163 3475 10212 3499 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 185DEG 16KT 3481 10190

ANDRADE

Special weather statement, May 9, 7:42 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:59 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
759 PM CDT THU MAY 09 2013

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

0741 PM     HAIL             LEFORS                  35.44N 100.80W
05/09/2013  E1.75 INCH       GRAY               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL STARTED OUT AS PEA SIZE AND THE STORM IS CURRENTLY
            PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1300432

KRAUSE

Special weather statement, May 9, 8:27 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray, Roberts	41 min
May 9, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	67 min
May 9, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	37 min
May 9, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	33 min
May 9, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	33 min
May 9, 8:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter, Randall	3 hr
May 9, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.