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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 29, 2013Collingsworth County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2013, 5:27 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Texas. It was in force for 93 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 29, 2013, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Collingsworth County, TX

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
May 29, 12:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 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 May 29, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
302 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-300815-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
302 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE
EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE EAST OF A GUYMON TO WAYSIDE LINE WITH THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A PERRYTON TO
CLARENDON LINE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING
WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS...THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF A
GUYMON TO AMARILLO LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT WHILE SOUTHWEST WINDS
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH.

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

ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAY RETURN MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING EAST OF A GUYMON TO WAYSIDE LINE.

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

JOHNSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
352 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

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

0343 PM     HAIL             1 NE CLARENDON          34.95N 100.88W
05/29/2013  M0.75 INCH       DONLEY             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VIA SPOTTERNETWORK

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1300535

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Local storm report, May 29, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
419 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

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

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 WSW LAKE MCCLELLAN    35.19N 100.97W
05/29/2013                   GRAY               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 SEMI TRUCKS TIPPED BY WIND AT I-40 AND HWY 70.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1300537

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Local storm report, May 29, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 4:37 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 4:44 PM CDT, 43 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 28, 7:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Deaf Smith	3 hr
May 28, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	45 min
May 28, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	59 min
May 28, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	36 min
May 28, 8:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	4 hr
May 28, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	66 min
May 28, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	36 min
May 28, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter, Randall	30 min
May 28, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	33 min
May 28, 10:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	31 min
May 28, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	30 min
May 28, 11:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	32 min
May 28, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Potter, Randall	65 min
May 29, 12:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter, Randall	3 hr
May 29, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	60 min
May 29, 1:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray	44 min
May 29, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill, Roberts	34 min
May 29, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	65 min
May 29, 2:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	42 min
May 29, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb	39 min
May 29, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	49 min
May 29, 3:40 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	54 min
May 29, 4:51 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	AMA	Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more	16 hr
May 29, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	30 min
May 29, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson	65 min
May 29, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	23 min
May 29, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	27 min
May 29, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	29 min
May 29, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	31 min
May 29, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	32 min
May 29, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	24 min
May 29, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Donley, Gray	95 min
May 29, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Donley	46 min
May 29, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	34 min
May 29, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Donley, Gray	23 min
May 29, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray, Wheeler	30 min
May 29, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	87 min
May 29, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	65 min
May 29, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Wheeler	60 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.