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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 381, NWS Amarillo, TX

September 15, 2023Oldham County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2023, 7:25 PM CDT for Oldham County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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: Sep 15, 2023, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2023, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Oldham County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Sep 15, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 Sep 15, 6:48 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 6:48 PM CDT, 37 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
Sep 15, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	23 min
Sep 15, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter	26 min
Sep 15, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	31 min
Sep 15, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith	25 min
Sep 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	40 min
Sep 15, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Deaf Smith, Randall	48 min
Sep 15, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Randall	38 min
Sep 15, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	49 min
Sep 15, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Deaf Smith, Randall	35 min
Sep 15, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith	37 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.