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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 7, 2013Potter County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2013, 9:49 PM CDT for Potter County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2013, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Potter County, TX

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 7:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 7:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 6:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 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, 9:06 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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

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

0900 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E GOODWELL            36.60N 101.60W
08/07/2013  M66 MPH          TEXAS              OK   MESONET

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1300752

ABM

Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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

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

0905 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E GOODWELL            36.60N 101.60W
08/07/2013  M68 MPH          TEXAS              OK   MESONET

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1300753

ABM

Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:27 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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

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

0925 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GUYMON                  36.69N 101.48W
08/07/2013                   TEXAS              OK   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            LOW LYING ROADS ARE BEING CLOSED AS THEY ARE BECOMING
            IMPASSABLE

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1300754

ABM

Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:40 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:41 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:49 PM CDT, 0 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
Aug 7, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	60 min
Aug 7, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	66 min
Aug 7, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter	59 min
Aug 7, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree, Sherman	59 min
Aug 7, 9:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman	6 hr
Aug 7, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	55 min
Aug 7, 11:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	6 hr
Aug 7, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb	65 min
Aug 8, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	42 min
Aug 8, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	56 min
Aug 8, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	24 min
Aug 8, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	43 min
Aug 8, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	49 min
Aug 7, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	53 min
Aug 7, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	61 min
Aug 7, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	64 min
Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	39 min
Aug 7, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	54 min
Aug 7, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	64 min
Aug 7, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	58 min
Aug 7, 9:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	6 hr
Aug 7, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	61 min
Aug 8, 3:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Beaver, Texas	3 hr
Aug 8, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	59 min
Aug 8, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	67 min
Aug 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	60 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.