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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Amarillo, TX

April 16, 2015Gray County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2015, 7:29 PM CDT for Gray County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 16, 2015, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Gray County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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
Apr 16, 1:48 PM CDT	Tornado 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.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 16, 6:52 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 6:52 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 2:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
604 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

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

0548 PM     HAIL             5 SSE MIAMI             35.62N 100.59W
04/16/2015  M3.00 INCH       ROBERTS            TX   STORM CHASER

            HAIL AT LEAST 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER ON FM 1268.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1500365

FENNER

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:44 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:52 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:57 PM CDT, 32 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
Apr 16, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	54 min
Apr 16, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	46 min
Apr 16, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Wheeler	66 min
Apr 16, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	48 min
Apr 16, 8:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Wheeler	4 hr
Apr 16, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	38 min
Apr 16, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	39 min
Apr 16, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	43 min
Apr 16, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	49 min
Apr 16, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	46 min
Apr 16, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	52 min
Apr 16, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson, Gray	50 min
Apr 16, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	46 min
Apr 16, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley, Gray	48 min
Apr 16, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	62 min
Apr 17, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill	55 min
Apr 17, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Wheeler	54 min
Apr 17, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb	45 min
Apr 17, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	49 min
Apr 17, 1:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Wheeler	4 hr
Apr 17, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	56 min
Apr 17, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	63 min
Apr 17, 5:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Wheeler	4 hr
Apr 17, 5:38 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	AMA	Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham	14 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.