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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Amarillo, TX

October 9, 2014Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2014, 9:54 PM CDT for Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 9, 2014, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2014, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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
Oct 9, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 7:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 9, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 9, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
808 PM CDT THU OCT 09 2014

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

0759 PM     HAIL             6 N PANTEX              35.41N 101.56W
10/09/2014  M2.50 INCH       CARSON             TX   STORM CHASER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400682

BRB

Local storm report, Oct 9, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 9, 8:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
834 PM CDT THU OCT 09 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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0823 PM     HAIL             BOISE CITY              36.73N 102.51W
10/09/2014  E1.75 INCH       CIMARRON           OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

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EVENT NUMBER AMA1400684

BRB

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 9:00 PM CDT, 54 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
Oct 9, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Potter	62 min
Oct 9, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	41 min
Oct 9, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	46 min
Oct 9, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson	36 min
Oct 9, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Roberts	59 min
Oct 9, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	45 min
Oct 9, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray	52 min
Oct 9, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	63 min
Oct 9, 10:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	23 min
Oct 9, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore	41 min
Oct 9, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	40 min
Oct 9, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	39 min
Oct 9, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Sherman	42 min
Oct 9, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	27 min
Oct 9, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	32 min
Oct 9, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	43 min
Oct 9, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hansford	46 min
Oct 9, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb, Roberts	49 min
Oct 10, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts	64 min
Oct 10, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill	35 min
Oct 9, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	53 min
Oct 9, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	48 min
Oct 9, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	32 min
Oct 9, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	49 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.