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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2015, 11:54 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Aug 18, 2015, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2015, 12:53 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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 Aug 18, 6:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 6:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 18, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 79 min |
| Aug 18, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hartley | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Roberts | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Carson | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Wheeler | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Wheeler | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Randall | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Potter | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 16 min |
| Aug 19, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Randall | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 3:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Deaf Smith | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 34 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.