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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 13, 2021Donley County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2021, 5:37 PM CDT for Donley County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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
Aug 13, 2021, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
50

County Donley County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 87 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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The text

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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 Aug 12, 6:38 PM CDT, 22 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 6:38 PM CDT, 22 hours 59 minutes before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAArmstrong34 min
Aug 13, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAWheeler25 min
Aug 13, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill23 min
Aug 13, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Wheeler43 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.