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Dust Storm Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 11, 20144 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this dust storm warning at Mar 11, 2014, 9:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2014, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Deaf Smith County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dust storm 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 dust storm warning went out at Mar 11, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 3:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 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
Mar 11, 8:10 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 10 more	5 hr

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Texas, 2014 Every dust storm warning in 2014

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.