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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 15, 2023Lipscomb County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2023, 5:56 PM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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 15, 2023, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2023, 6:39 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 15, 1:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 2:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
452 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023

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

0451 PM     Hail             1 NW Perryton           36.40N 100.81W
06/15/2023  E1.00 inch       Ochiltree          TX   Trained Spotter

            via spotternetwork.org.

&&

SS

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
453 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023

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

0448 PM     Hail             Perryton                36.40N 100.80W
06/15/2023  E0.75 inch       Ochiltree          TX   Public

            Dime (0.75 in.).

&&

SS

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:03 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:48 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:50 PM CDT, 6 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 15, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	91 min
Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	54 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	94 min
Jun 15, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	39 min
Jun 15, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hutchinson, Moore	42 min
Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Lipscomb	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill	54 min
Jun 15, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall	68 min
Jun 15, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	41 min
Jun 15, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Beaver, Texas	93 min
Jun 15, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	34 min
Jun 15, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	16 min
Jun 15, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver	17 min
Jun 15, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Beaver	70 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2023 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.