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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 29, 2016Cimarron County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Cimarron County, OK

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 29, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
343 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-301100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
343 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MOST
OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A FEW STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY
BECOME STRONG WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THEN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
131 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

OKZ002-003-TXZ003-004-291900-
BEAVER OK-TEXAS OK-HANSFORD TX-OCHILTREE TX-
131 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHWESTERN
BEAVER...NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE AND NORTHEASTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES
UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 131 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADAMS...OR 17 MILES EAST OF GUYMON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOOKER...HARDESTY...ADAMS AND BAKER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3686 10134 3692 10092 3648 10081 3634 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 329DEG 28KT 3670 10116

CE

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
539 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

OKZ001-292330-
CIMARRON OK-
539 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CIMARRON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM
CDT...

AT 538 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTH OF KENTON...OR 27 MILES WEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOISE CITY...KEYES...BLACK MESA PARK...FELT...KENTON AND WHEELESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10228 3669 10219 3650 10249 3657 10300
      3700 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 277DEG 19KT 3683 10299

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	35 min
Jul 29, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	62 min
Jul 29, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	55 min
Jul 29, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	25 min
Jul 29, 4:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	28 min
Jul 29, 5:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	68 min
Jul 29, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	29 min
Jul 29, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Cimarron	94 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.