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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 15, 20174 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2017, 9:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 50 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: Sep 15, 2017, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2017, 10:04 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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 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 Sep 15, 6:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 6:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 3:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 15, 8:24 PM CDT, 50 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
Sep 15, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	51 min
Sep 15, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	42 min
Sep 16, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill	43 min
Sep 16, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	25 min
Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray	38 min
Sep 16, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Donley, Gray	51 min
Sep 16, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts	23 min
Sep 16, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	29 min
Sep 16, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	29 min
Sep 16, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	28 min

Nearby

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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.