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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

October 9, 2014Sherman County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 9, 2014, 7:49 PM CDT for Sherman County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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: Oct 9, 2014, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Sherman 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 9, 7:16 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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

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

0713 PM     HAIL             6 N KENTON              36.99N 102.97W
10/09/2014  M1.00 INCH       CIMARRON           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. A FEW HAILSTONES WERE
            QUARTER SIZE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400679

BRB

Local storm report, Oct 9, 7:25 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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

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

0713 PM     HAIL             12 N AMARILLO           35.38N 101.84W
10/09/2014  E1.00 INCH       POTTER             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A VIEWER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400680

BRB

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

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Special weather statement, Oct 9, 7:37 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
737 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014

OKZ001-100130-
CIMARRON OK-
737 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY UNTIL 830
PM CDT/730 PM MDT/...

AT 734 PM CDT/634 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BLACK MESA PARK TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SENECA...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOISE CITY...         WHEELESS...           BLACK MESA PARK...

THESE STORMS 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.

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 3699 10223 3659 10260 3659 10301 3681 10301
      3701 10282
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 269DEG 17KT 3696 10274 3667 10302

NF

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 7:49 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
Oct 9, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Potter	62 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, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	51 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

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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.