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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Amarillo, TX

July 31, 2022Hemphill County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2022, 10:03 PM CDT for Hemphill County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 31, 2022, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2022, 10:41 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Hemphill County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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 Jul 31, 5:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 5:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 2:06 PM CDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
206 PM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-011100-
Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth-
Palo Duro Canyon-
206 PM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and evening across
portions of the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Storms are
expected to remain below severe limits. Strong wind gusts and
localized flooding due to heavy rainfall will be the main threats
with thunderstorms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Thunderstorms will be possible across over portions of the
Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles Monday through Thursday. Any storms
that develop are expected to remain below severe limits at this
time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 5:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
525 PM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022

TXZ016-312300-
Deaf Smith TX-
525 PM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Deaf Smith County
through 600 PM CDT...

At 524 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 12 miles south of Glenrio to 9 miles southeast
of Simms. Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Hereford, Glenrio, Bootleg, Dawn and Simms.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 10304 3518 10218 3514 10217 3485 10217
      3475 10279 3475 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 260DEG 32KT 3500 10299 3491 10257

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

LFM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 7:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHemphill4 hr
Jul 31, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill36 min
Jul 31, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill36 min
Aug 1, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMATexas63 min
Aug 1, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron, Texas72 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.