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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 3, 2023Deaf Smith County, Randall County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2023, 6:52 PM CDT for Deaf Smith County, Randall County, Texas. It was in force for 98 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: Jun 3, 2023, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2023, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 98 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Deaf Smith County, TX, Randall County, TX

The radar

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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 Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 2:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT, 56 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
Jun 2, 8:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	15 hr
Jun 2, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Hemphill	28 hr
Jun 2, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Wheeler	36 hr
Jun 3, 12:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	11 hr
Jun 3, 12:52 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter	7 hr
Jun 3, 5:55 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Hartley	64 min
Jun 3, 6:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	8 hr
Jun 3, 6:59 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Hartley, Moore	3 hr
Jun 3, 8:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	AMA	Potter	6 hr
Jun 3, 1:48 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter	24 hr
Jun 3, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	53 min
Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	64 min
Jun 3, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Deaf Smith	53 min
Jun 3, 6:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	4 hr
Jun 3, 6:12 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	AMA	Beaver	2 hr

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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.