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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 26, 2021Roberts County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 9:25 PM CDT for Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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: May 26, 2021, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

County Roberts County, TX

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
820 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2021

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

0820 PM     HAIL             2 N PERRYTON            36.43N 100.80W
05/26/2021  M2.50 INCH       OCHILTREE          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

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BIEDA

Local storm report, May 26, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:40 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:48 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
848 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2021

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

0847 PM     FLOOD            PERRYTON                36.39N 100.80W
05/26/2021                   OCHILTREE          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS WATER OVER ROADWAY
            ON 9TH AND MAIN AS WELL AS 15TH AND MAIN.

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BIEDA

Local storm report, May 26, 8:57 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 9:25 PM CDT, 0 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
May 26, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	44 min
May 26, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson	44 min
May 26, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	57 min
May 26, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	51 min
May 26, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	50 min
May 26, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	38 min
May 26, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts	65 min
May 26, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	59 min
May 26, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	39 min
May 26, 8:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	3 hr
May 26, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Deaf Smith, Randall	43 min
May 26, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	41 min
May 27, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	50 min
May 27, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	43 min
May 27, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Wheeler	34 min
May 27, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	24 min
May 26, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	33 min
May 27, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	63 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.