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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Amarillo, TX

October 28, 2013Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 28, 2013, 10:21 PM CDT for Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 84 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: Oct 28, 2013, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired: Oct 28, 2013, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Beaver County, OK

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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 9:58 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 28, 8:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 28, 8:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
807 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013

TXZ007-008-013-290130-
CARSON TX-HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX-
807 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CARSON...
SOUTHEASTERN MOORE AND SOUTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM
CDT...

AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF FRITCH...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
BORGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BORGER...             STINNETT...           SANFORD...
  FRITCH...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3560 10162 3562 10162 3562 10165 3566 10170
      3595 10146 3569 10113 3553 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 224DEG 25KT 3561 10157

LG

Special weather statement, Oct 28, 10:07 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1007 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013

OKZ003-290345-
BEAVER OK-
1007 PM CDT MON OCT 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM
CDT...

AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOYD...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEAVER...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEAVER...             TURPIN...             MOCANE...
  FORGAN...             FLORIS...             BOYD...
  BALKO...

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

LAT...LON 3667 10014 3660 10081 3694 10095 3701 10054
      3701 10028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 248DEG 21KT 3671 10082

LG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 28, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	23 min
Oct 28, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	27 min
Oct 28, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	38 min
Oct 28, 11:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Beaver	4 hr
Oct 28, 11:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Beaver	4 hr
Oct 28, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	90 min

Nearby

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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.