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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

August 3, 2024Dallam County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2024, 6:13 PM CDT for Dallam County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 3, 2024, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2024, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

County Dallam County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 2, 6:19 PM CDT, 23 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:19 PM CDT, 23 hours 54 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
Aug 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hansford, Ochiltree	4 hr
Aug 3, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	48 min
Aug 3, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Sherman	41 min
Aug 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	29 min
Aug 3, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Moore	31 min
Aug 3, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Sherman	28 min
Aug 3, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Dallam	20 min
Aug 3, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	36 min
Aug 3, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Texas	33 min
Aug 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Texas	42 min
Aug 3, 4:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Cimarron, Texas	3 hr
Aug 3, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Cimarron	36 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.