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Dense Fog Advisory 3, NWS Amarillo, TX

March 12, 202115 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 12, 2021, 7:02 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2021, 7:02 PM CST (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 dense fog advisory 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 dense fog advisory went out at Mar 12, 5:44 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 5:44 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 3:28 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 3:58 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 12, 4:07 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 12, 5:56 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 12, 6:24 PM CST, 38 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
Mar 12, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	36 min
Mar 12, 6:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	51 min
Mar 12, 7:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	34 min
Mar 12, 7:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	48 min
Mar 12, 7:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter	66 min
Mar 12, 7:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	48 min
Mar 12, 7:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter	47 min
Mar 12, 8:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	55 min
Mar 12, 8:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Potter	36 min
Mar 12, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Potter, Roberts	79 min
Mar 12, 9:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts	19 min
Mar 12, 10:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	29 min
Mar 13, 7:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	34 min
Mar 13, 7:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	25 min
Mar 13, 7:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Sherman	31 min
Mar 13, 8:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	34 min
Mar 13, 8:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore	33 min
Mar 13, 1:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	27 min
Mar 13, 1:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hartley	30 min
Mar 13, 1:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham	51 min
Mar 13, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	66 min
Mar 13, 2:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Moore	33 min
Mar 13, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	63 min
Mar 13, 3:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	31 min
Mar 13, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Randall	39 min
Mar 13, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter	60 min
Mar 13, 3:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Sherman	26 min
Mar 13, 3:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Moore	26 min
Mar 13, 3:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	40 min
Mar 13, 4:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	45 min
Mar 13, 4:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Carson	39 min
Mar 13, 4:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman	60 min
Mar 13, 4:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray	48 min
Mar 13, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray	38 min
Mar 13, 5:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Donley	46 min
Mar 13, 5:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Gray	31 min
Mar 13, 5:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Carson	30 min
Mar 13, 5:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Donley	47 min
Mar 13, 5:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	29 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.