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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 7, 2014Collingsworth County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2014, 10:58 PM CDT for Collingsworth County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 7, 2014, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Collingsworth County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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
Jun 7, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado 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 Jun 7, 8:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 8:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 9:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
834 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

TXZ001-006-080215-
DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX-
834 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HARTLEY AND WESTERN
DALLAM COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3
MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEXLINE TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARE TO 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF AMISTAD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DALHART...            WARE...               TEXLINE...

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 3641 10304 3649 10252 3596 10237 3573 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 270DEG 11KT 3634 10297 3613 10274
          3590 10317

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
842 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

TXZ016-080230-
DEAF SMITH TX-
842 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY UNTIL
930 PM CDT...

AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF BOOTLEG...OR 24 MILES WEST OF
HEREFORD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOOTLEG...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO 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.

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 3474 10291 3486 10292 3497 10255 3475 10244
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 261DEG 10KT 3478 10280

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:33 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1033 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

TXZ007-008-012-013-080415-
CARSON TX-HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX-POTTER TX-
1033 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CARSON...
NORTHEASTERN POTTER...SOUTHEASTERN MOORE AND SOUTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE MEREDITH...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BORGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BORGER...             SANFORD...            FRITCH...

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 3586 10137 3558 10118 3543 10169 3559 10180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 243DEG 25KT 3557 10160

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:45 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1045 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

TXZ019-080430-
DONLEY TX-
1045 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DONLEY COUNTY UNTIL 1130
PM CDT...

AT 1038 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF CLARENDON...MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLARENDON...          LELIA LAKE...         HOWARDWICK...
  GREENBELT LAKE...

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 3506 10091 3496 10063 3476 10080 3486 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 199DEG 8KT 3489 10086

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDT, 8 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
Jun 7, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam	41 min
Jun 7, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	48 min
Jun 7, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	57 min
Jun 7, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler	55 min
Jun 7, 8:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more	28 hr
Jun 7, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Donley	60 min
Jun 7, 9:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Deaf Smith	3 hr
Jun 7, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	47 min
Jun 7, 9:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham	116 min
Jun 7, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	59 min
Jun 7, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	59 min
Jun 7, 10:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	2 hr
Jun 7, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson	42 min
Jun 7, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	45 min
Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong, Carson	25 min
Jun 7, 10:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	2 hr
Jun 7, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall	48 min
Jun 8, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Wheeler	65 min
Jun 8, 12:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	AMA	Collingsworth	2 hr
Jun 8, 1:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Collingsworth	2 hr
Jun 8, 1:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Wheeler	2 hr
Jun 8, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	44 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.