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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 362, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 17, 20194 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2019, 3:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 54 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 17, 2019, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2019, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carson County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Potter County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 Aug 17, 3:34 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:34 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 3:55 AM CDT, 11 hours 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 11:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 11:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:28 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson37 min
Aug 16, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray29 min
Aug 16, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler49 min
Aug 16, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Roberts60 min
Aug 16, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson36 min
Aug 16, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler68 min
Aug 16, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson30 min
Aug 16, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray, Wheeler49 min
Aug 16, 11:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill31 min
Aug 17, 3:41 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Hutchinson, Potter, Randall15 hr
Aug 17, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADonley, Gray58 min
Aug 17, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray60 min
Aug 17, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter47 min
Aug 17, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson, Gray59 min
Aug 17, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray51 min
Aug 17, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACollingsworth, Donley, Wheeler62 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.