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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 16, 2014Deaf Smith County, Oldham County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2014, 10:27 PM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 16, 2014, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2014, 11:01 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Deaf Smith County, TX, Oldham County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 16, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Jul 16, 3:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 2:54 PM CDT, 7 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
254 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-171000-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
254 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE PANHANDLES
WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM 4 PM THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO POSSIBLE.

HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING
AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLY BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING
WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY
NIGHT AND ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND
TONIGHT FOR FLASH FLOODING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
549 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

TXZ002-003-162300-
HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX-
549 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRUVER...OR 23 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRUVER...

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

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3640 10145 3607 10108 3606 10189 3639 10169
      3645 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 315DEG 11KT 3634 10155

LINDLEY

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
556 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-162345-
CIMARRON OK-DALLAM TX-SHERMAN TX-TEXAS OK-
556 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN...
NORTHEASTERN DALLAM...SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN CIMARRON
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
A THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 3 MILES NORTH OF GRIGGS...OR 22
MILES NORTH OF STRATFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STRATFORD...          TEXHOMA...            GRIGGS...

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 3651 10162 3623 10213 3670 10236 3679 10209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 333DEG 13KT 3664 10213

LINDLEY

Local storm report, Jul 16, 6:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
602 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2014

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

0600 PM     HAIL             5 W GRUVER              36.27N 101.50W
07/16/2014  E1.00 INCH       HANSFORD           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400598

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 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
Jul 16, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Sherman	60 min
Jul 16, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Sherman	26 min
Jul 16, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam, Sherman	46 min
Jul 16, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman	66 min
Jul 16, 8:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman	3 hr
Jul 16, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore	48 min
Jul 16, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	41 min
Jul 16, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter	73 min
Jul 16, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Oldham, Potter	15 min
Jul 16, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson, Potter	48 min
Jul 16, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	3 hr
Jul 16, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Randall	92 min
Jul 16, 9:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter, Randall	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Potter, Randall	4 hr
Jul 16, 10:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	4 hr
Jul 16, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	3 hr
Jul 16, 11:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Randall	3 hr
Jul 17, 3:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Randall	3 hr
Jul 16, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	38 min
Jul 16, 10:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Beaver, Cimarron, Texas	3 hr

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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.